Harkstead Netherhall

Has been described as a Possible Fortified Manor House

There are no visible remains

NameHarkstead Netherhall
Alternative NamesHerkestede; Netherhall; Buckler's Bond
Historic CountrySuffolk
Modern AuthoritySuffolk
1974 AuthoritySuffolk
Civil ParishHarkstead

Licence to crenellate granted to Nicholas Bonde in 1335.

C16/C17 or earlier with later alterations including C19 front and right extensions. Timber-framed and plastered, red plain tiled roof, grey slate to C19 range. 2 storeys. A long range with a C19 red brick range to south which is outshot to east, a northern range and a single storey extension to right (east). (Listed Building Report)

Gatehouse Comments

Copinger is a little confusing with clearly erroneous dates but this seems to be Netherhall, which he seems to wrongly split into two manors (Buckler's Bond and Netherhall). This was a small manor held for a quarter of a knight's fee. There was clearly some sort of residence here in the C14, as Bonde received a grant of free warren in 1330. There is an oval pond near to the current house but nothing to suggest a moat here or anywhere nearby. That is a moat could have been constructed but does not seem to have been made. What work, if any, Bonde did is unknowable. Copinger's manorial history is somewhat unclear but it seems possible Bonde died shortly after receiving the licence to crenellate and this, presumably, stopped any work. His heir seems to have been a daughter Lora, who was married to William Breton of Harkstead Hall (the larger manor in the parish), so Netherhall may well have been tenanted out after Nicholas's death and the manor seems to have been sold to a Sampson by the C15.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

This is a Grade 2 listed building protected by law

Historic England Scheduled Monument Number
Historic England Listed Building number(s)
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County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceTM190339
Latitude51.9616394042969
Longitude1.18801999092102
Eastings619000
Northings233900
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Books

  • Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales Vol. 2 East Anglia, Central England and Wales (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) (Shown on map of fortified houses of East Anglia)
  • Copinger, W.A., 1910, Manors of Suffolk Vol. 6 p. 45-6 online copy
  • Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol. 3 Part 2 p. 410 online copy

Primary Sources

  • Maxwell Lyte, H.C. (ed), 1895, Calendar of Patent Rolls Edward III (1334-38) Vol. 3 p. 96 online copy