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Title*

Boileau coat of arms quartered with those of the Earl of Minto
County Norfolk   District Council South Norfolk 
Civil Parish or equivalent Ketteringham  Town/Village* Ketteringham 
Road On Ketteringham estate 
Precise Location Above entrance to Ketteringham Hall 
OS Grid Ref TG162025  Postcode NR18 
Previous location(s)  
Setting On Building  Access Private 
Artist/Maker Role Qualifier
Thomas Allason  Architect(s)   

Commissioned by

 Sir John Boileau 

Design & Constrn period

 1839-40 

Date of installing

  

Exact date of unveiling

  

Category
Abstract Animal Architectural
Commercial Commemorative Composite
Free Functional Funerary
Heraldic Military Natural
Non-Commemorative Performance Portable
Religious Roadside, Wayside Sculptural
Temporary, Mobile Other  

Object Type
Building Clock Tower Architectural
Coat of Arms Cross Fountain
Landscape Marker Medallion
Mural Panel Readymade
Relief Shaft Sculpture
Statue Street Furniture War Memorial
Other Object Sub Type:

Subject Type
Allegorical Mythological Pictorial
Figurative Non-figurative Portrait
Still-life Symbolic Other

Subject Sub Type
Bust Equestrian Full-length
Group Head Reclining
Seated Standing Torso
Part Material Dimension
Cartouche with coat of arms  Stone  H. approx. 180 cms W. 120 cms 

Work is
Extant Not Sited Lost

Owner/Custodian

 Owners of Ketterngham Hall 

Listing status
Grade I Grade II* Grade II Don't Know Not Listed

Surface Condition
Corrosion, Deterioration Accretions
Bird Guano Abrasions, cracks, splits
Biological growth Spalling, crumbling
Metallic staining Previous treatments
Other  
Detail:

Structural Condition
Armature exposed Broken or missing parts
Replaced parts Loose elements
Cracks, splits, breaks, holes Spalling, crumbling
Water collection Other
Detail:

Vandalism
Graffiti Structural damage Surface Damage
Detail:

Overall condition
Good Fair Poor

Risk
No Known Risk At Risk Immediate
Signatures/Marks  
Inscriptions  

Description (physical)

 The Boileau coat of arms is quartered with those of the Earls of Minto. Sir John Boileau had married Catherine Elliot the daughter of Sir Gilbert Elliot the 1st Earl of Minto in 1825. Their combined coat of arms were included as part of the restoration of the older Tudor Hall bought by Sir John Boileau in 1836 and restored three to four years later. 

Description (iconographical)

 Boileau was born in London the eldest son of John Peter Boileau. He was educated at Oxford and Edinburgh and was then commissioned into the rifle brigade. After his marriage he acquired Thursford Hall near Fakenham and the Ketteringham estate. Boileau was created a baronet in 1838 and served as a county magistrate and as a deputy lieutenant and high sheriff of Norfolk from 1844. A fellow of the Royal Society he was a founding member of the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society and its president from 1849. Boileau?s difficulties with the vicar of Ketteringham the Reverend William Andrew are the subject of Victorian Miniature ? based on their diaries. 

Photographs

 Date taken:  25/3/2006
Date logged: 

Photographed by:
Sarah Cocke

On Site Inspection

 Date:  25/3/2006

Inspected by:
Richard Cocke

Sources and References

 OE II 455 ttp://www.pikle.demon.co.uk/diaryjunction/data/boileau.html 26/01/07 Chadwick Owen Victorian Miniature London 1960 

Database

 Date entered:  26/1/2007

Data inputter:
Richard Cocke