NHER 15778 (Building record) - No 3 Market Street

The Norfolk Heritage Explorer is a filtered version of the Norfolk HER intended for casual research. Please to consult the full record.

See also further .

Summary

No 3 is one of the most interesting buildings on the north side of Market Street. It is a timber-framed and jettied building, with a two-storey early 16th-century hall at the rear, which has jetties and moulded window mullions. The street façade has a large and unusual tiebeam on the first floor and an a 16th century inserted ceiling with possible loading door. Also of not is a late 19th-century butchers shopfront entered in the middle through a late 17th-century door under an unusual light.

Protected Status/Designation

Location

Map sheet TG10SW
Civil Parish WYMONDHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

December 1950. Listed, Grade II*.
Listing Description excerpt:
"House and shop, now solely commercial. Early 16th century with later alterations. Timber-framed with brick. Roof of black glazed pantiles. Two storeys. 19th-century butchers' shop front entered through central late 17th-century double-leaf panelled doors. Over door is a 17th-century light formed of a central roundel with radial glazing bars. Ventilation grills over windows. Further display windows to right. Jettied first floor, with exposed studwork. Three three-light late 18th-century casements with metal openings. Bell-based gabled roof. Internal gable-end stack to west. Passage to left of elevation leads to rear. Two-storey gabled cross wing to rear with brick skin and 18th-century sash windows with glazing bars. North of this is a timber-framed lower hall range with underbuilt jetty. To left of central door is a five-light ovolo-moulded timber mullioned window. To the right one three-light 18th-century casement..Gabled roof.
Interior not inspected but likely to be of considerable interest."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 21 July 2021.

Timber framed jettied building, early 16th-century with hall at rear. Street block has large, unusual tiebeam at first floor and inserted ceiling, ?late 16th century; possible loading door, and ?late gable stack. Rear wing not examined in detail.
For more details see report (S2) in secondary file.
E. Rose (NLA), 7 November 1996.

  • --- Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. pp 800-801.
  • --- Photograph: BPF 19; HNF 1-5.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1196679.
  • <S2> Unpublished Document: Rose, E. (NLA). 1996. Building Report.. Building Report.

Object Types (0)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

Mar 22 2022 10:50AM

Comments and Feedback

Your feedback is welcome; if you can provide any new information about this record, please contact the Norfolk Historic Environment Record.