WHERRY ARCH By Chris Weston ries to load their wares from above or to reach other onward destinations. Records suggest the property was more likely to have been an early 19th century barn used for storing grain. Thought to have served Grove House - a nearby Georgian Written in 1956 by Bob Hilliard, it farmhouse - Wherry Arch has also was subsequently released as a been suggested by some as a Single record. possible waterway folly. But locally in one part of Broadland, is a property whose construc- The four-bedroomed property is now a bookable Broadland holiday tion could also fit this title but only by exchanging Railroad for Water- residence, situated in secluded and unspoiled woodland. Unusually way! perhaps, one bedroom has no For what appears to have been direct access to the main building built as a red-brick two storey except via balcony. As a building house between Barton Turf and of architectural and historic interIrstead, spans a section of waterest, it also became Grade ll Listed way which flows through and beon 12th May 1987 together with neath its centre! Known as Wherry other properties in the locality. Arch, the property was intentionally designed and built to be high © Chris Weston, April 2022 enough for wherries to pass underTHE neath it, but only with lowered WROXHAM & COLTISHALL masts. In its heyday, this aquatic BOOK passageway enabled trading wher-
Those with long enough memories may recall a song often heard on 1950’s & 60’s radio programmes, called “The Railroad Runs Through the Middle of the House”.
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