Lammas, Norfolk - Historic Houses

Historic Houses

Lammas Hall, a large building of uncertain date, lies in a small park, concealed from the road. The building possesses a seventeenth century porch, a doorcase with stone quoins contained within a nineteenth century single storey brick porch. The North wing is of the same date as the porch. The shaped gable above the entrance is one of the few surviving traces of architecture. Limewash has been applied to the exterior in an attempt to create an impression of architectural unity. Among the notable inhabitants of the Hall was Wallace White Williamson, Actuary, of Norwich Union. The Hall was an old people's home for a time, before returning to private ownership.

The Manor House was built in several sections over the centuries. It was begun by three sheep farming brothers, the Allens circa the reign of Henry VII with subsequent extensions - the east gable was said by Pevsner to bear the date of 1525 on the east gable. It was extended to the West circa 1600. There appears to be a Georgian addition to the west gable and there was one final modern alteration/extension carried out in the late 1980s. The Manor became the home of the Dammant family between the 17th century to the early 19th century. They were a family of doctors who had a private gate to the adjacent church through the brick wall which partly bounds the property. After their departure, the house was subdivided into five homes, chiefly for workers at Lammas Hall. It was bought and restored by Canon and Mary Boston in the 1960s.