The Railway Station
Built 1845, has some fine Norfolk knapped flintwork
in
its walls.
The Great Eastern Hotel
Constructed as a typical Victorian railway inn.
Unfortunately, the arched way through to the stables
has
been blocked up.
Brandon House Hotel
Was built for the Brewster family at the
end of the eighteenth century.
The Ram Inn
Opposite the Brandon House, it is a much older building,
the heart of which would have been known to the
pilgrims
going to Walsingham.
Riverside Lodge
An early 18th century house built around an earlier
core.
Connaught House
Appears as a house of the early 1800s. Formerly
known as
the Chequers Inn. We know from a will that the “Sien
of
the Cheker” was flourishing in 1617 so the core
of this
building may be older than it seems.
Grafton House
The same may be said of Grafton House as Connaught
House,
that the facade on the street end is a later addition
to
a much earlier house, formerly the “Cross Keys”,
and
believed by one expert to date back to as early
as the
13th century.
Oak House
Dates from the early Georgian period.
Hellesdon House
Was built at the end of the 18th century on the
site of
buildings destroyed in the “Great Fire of Brandon”
which
occurred in 1789.
The internal parts of several of the buildings further
up
the High Street are of interest but not visible
from the
outside.
The Forest School
On the Market Hill, was built as a Board School
in the
1870s on the site of the former Free Grammar School.
Brandon Park House
Is a late Georgian country house. It is typical
of the
country estate houses built in this part of East
Anglia
after the Enclosure Acts enabled the setting up
of
“shooting estates”.
Brandon Hall
Is much earlier, dating back to the late Stuart period.
Foord House
Was built in the mid 1800s as the rectory for St
Peter’s
Church.
The Old Workhouse
Near St Peter’s Church, it is of the 18th century
with,
possibly, some earlier parts. It was converted into
the
Victorian National School in 1843 and bears this
on a
plaque over the door. Later, it was used as a Labour
Exchange then a Parish Centre and is now housing
association flats.
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