Bayfield Hall
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The south façade
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| General information | |
| Type | Historic house |
| Location | Glandford |
| Address | Letheringsett, Norfolk NR25 7JN |
| Town or city | Holt |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 52°55′22″N 1°02′47″E / 52.922716°N 1.046514°E |
| Completed | Late 18 century |
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Listed Building – Grade II
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| Designated | 30 September 1987 |
| Reference no. | 224616 |
Bayfield Hall is a Grade II* listed building which stands in a small estate close to the village of Letheringsett and the hamlet of Glandford in the English county of Norfolk within the United Kingdom. The house that stands today was built in the last part of the 18 century replacing an earlier manor house thought to have been built in the 16 century. That house had been constructed of an early medieval manor house.
The house seen today was is a late 18 century Georgian style construction built on a rectangular plan with a service wing running of to rear facing east forming a right angle to the body of the house. The main body of the house is built over three storeys with the front facade facing to the south. The south elevation has five bays with the centre three bays forward of the building line with stone quoins which match the same featured at the corners of the building. This facade is topped with a brick parapet set above a stone cornice with corbel or Modillion underneath supporting the cornice. The parapet is topped with stone copings. The main body of the building is built in a red-brown brick
The name Bayfield devolved from the Anglo-Saxon language and has the meaning of the Open Field owned by the Bæga's.
The hall stands next to the ruins of the medieval church of Saint Margaret which was the parish church for the lost settlement of the village of Bayfield which once stood around the ruined church.
The village is listed in the Domesday Book, where it is under the name "Baiafelda". In the survey the manor is said to be land owned by the King. The main tenant in chief was Walter Giffard, and on the land there was a 1 1⁄4 mill. In the Domesday survey, fractions were used to indicate that the entry, in this case a mill, was on an estate that lay within more than one parish. Before the Norman Conquest of 1066, the manor of Bayfield had been owned by a freeman called Godric, but after 1066 he was ejected from the land.
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