Bishop Bonner's Cottage Museum

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Bishop Bonner's Cottage Museum

Norfolk

Location
Grid reference: TF98731327
Location: 52°40’51"N, 0°56’19"E
Town: East Dereham
Address: Withburga Lane
History
Built 1502
Information
Owned by: Dereham Antiquarian Society
Website: derehamheritagetrust.org.uk

Bishop Bonner's Cottage Museum is a museum in East Dereham in Norfolk dedicated to local history, archaeology, operated by the Dereham Antiquarian Society

The museum is housed in three conjoined cottages which are the oldest surviving domestic building in East Dereham: a beautiful, timber-framed, thatched building. It has its original sloping ceilings, tiny rooms, twisting staircases and wooden beams. It is decorated with a fine example of Norfolk pargeting.

Bishop Bonner's Cottages are together a Grade II listed building.[1]

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References

  1. National Heritage List 1077063: Bishop Bonner's Cottages (Grade II listing)