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Wissington Grange
Hob Uid: 384525
Location : Suffolk Babergh Nayland-with-Wissington
Grid Ref : TL9511034750
Summary : Late Georgian farmhouse, on the site of an earlier Wissington Grange which was burnt down. In the Mediaeval period, it was the property of Thetford Augustinian Priory.
More information : [ TL 9511 3475 ] Wissington Grange [ T.I.] (1) "The present house stands on the site of an earlier Wissington Grange, which was burnt down. The property once belonged to Coggeshall Abbey." (2) The existing house is an uninteresting late Georgian farmhouse in rather poor condition and of little or no architectural interest. There are no traces of a preceding structure remaining. Site of old house marked on 25" AM. (3) Wiston [ or Wissington ] Grange Manor ...... given by Hugh de Haldane to THETFORD ABBEY ...... (4)

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Source details : OS 6" 1905
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Source details : F1 ASP 11-FEB-60
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Source Number : 2a
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Source details : Oral: Mr. Finch (owner), Wissington Grange, Nayland, Colchester, Essex. 10.2.60.
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Source details : F2 ASP 11-FEB-60
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : A. Clarke, 31-MAR-1960
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Source Number : 4a
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Source details : WA Copinger, 'The Manors of Suffolk', 1905, p.252.
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Augustinian Grange
Evidence : Destroyed Monument

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Late Georgian
Monument End Date : 1830
Monument Start Date : 1780
Monument Type : Farmhouse
Evidence : Extant Building

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TL 93 SE 30
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Relationship type : General association

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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1960-02-11
End Date : 1960-02-11