Quendon Court (EHER 36324)

Mid 18th century red brick house on site of a 15th century and earlier houses.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Quendon Court (NAT). <1> Quendon Court, Grade II*. <2> Red brick house of about 1750, of two storeys with a tiled roof. The present house is the third to have been built on the site - it replace a 15th century house called White House which in turn replaced a Medieval house called Batilles. <3> <4> 1995. Trial trench. Evaluation took place in advance of a new lake and access road in the grounds of Quendon Court, Quendon. The site of the lake lay close alongside the north-west side of Quendon Woods, known to be ancient woodland. Also, Saxon metalwork has been found in Quendon village and the surrounding area. Three trenches were excavated to evaluate the site of the proposed lake. Trench A contained a post-medieval ditch, which had been infilled. This feature was still apparent as a slight hollow crossing the grounds on an east to west alignment. A fragment of Tudor type brick, dating from the 16th century, was recovered from the base of this feature. No archaeological features were detected in trenches B and C or along the line of the access road. <5> See: <6>