NHER 26112 (Building record) - 1, Guildhall Hill

February 1954. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"Includes Nos 1 and 3 Lower Goat Lane. Part of Common Inn (Woolstaper's Hostel), now shop.
Early 16th century with 19th-century alterations, early 17th-century rear range along yard. 19th-century extension in Lower Goat Lane. Rendered. Timber frame on flint-rubble ground floor. Brick. Plain tiles and pantiles.
Guild Hall Hill façade: three storeys, jettied at first and second floors. Four bays.
Goat Lane façade: brick covering timber frame. Three storeys. Four bays, plus rendered timber frame gable end. 17th century rear range two storeys, jettied cut first floor."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 16 March 2021.

1981. Norwich Survey.
Large three storey block, jettied on first and second floor. Exterior modern. Possibly from 16th century.
See (S2).
T.E. Miller (NLA) 31 March 2004.

No 1 Guildhall Hill is amongst the buildings listed in thesis (S3), which considers the 13th- to 17th-century architecture of Norwich. The three-storey street range is described as timber-framed front and back on the upper floors, with the numbering of the roof trusses showing that the building formerly extended along the street-line for another six bays. Only the timber-framed walls and roof date to the 16th century. At right angles to the street range is a two-storeyed building ranged alongside Labour-in-Vain Yard that is timber-framed at first floor with a full-height rubble rear wall. This rear range may be slightly later in date.
P. Watkins (HES), 15 March 2021.

June-July 2002. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of conversion work to buildings around Labour-in-Vain Yard.
Timber-framed structure of 1 Guildhall Hill partially exposed.
See report (S4) for further details.
This work was previously recorded as NHER 37403.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 19 May 2015.