Shropham Hall is an early
Georgian
Georgian may refer to:
Common meanings
* Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country)
** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group
** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians
**Georgian scripts, three scrip ...
country house in
Shropham
Shropham is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.
It covers an area of and had a population of 351 in 155 households at the 2001 census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland.
Its main att ...
in the county of
Norfolk
Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...
. It was completed by 1729 for John Barker, later
High Sheriff of Norfolk
The high sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown and is appointed annually (in March) by the Crown. The High Sheriff of Norfolk was originally the principal law enforcement officer in Norfolk and presided at the assizes and other imp ...
. It was later the home of
Sir Edward Grogan, 2nd Baronet. The hall is
listed Grade II on the
National Heritage List for England
The National Heritage List for England (NHLE) is England's official database of protected heritage assets. It includes details of all English listed buildings, scheduled monuments, register of historic parks and gardens, protected shipwrecks, an ...
.
References
*''Country Life'' article 24 February 2005, ''Pevsner Norfolk 2: North-west and South'' 1999, ''Burke's and Savills Guide to Country Houses: Volume III - East Anglia'' 1981
External links
''Country Life'' article
1729 establishments in England
Breckland District
Country houses in Norfolk
Georgian architecture in England
Grade II listed buildings in Norfolk
Grade II listed houses
Houses completed in 1729
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