NHER 26180 (Building record) - 18, 20 and 20A, St Benedict's Street

1979. Norwich Survey.
Complex building with moulded ceiling timbers suggesting a date of around 1530-40. Three storey street façade with jetty. Façade appears 19th century but jetty suggest a refaced earlier building.
See (S1).
T.E. Miller (NLA) 2004.

April 1986. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"Former use unknown, now shop and workshop. Early to mid. 16th century and 18th century. Flint rubble, rendered brick and pantile roofs.
Nos 18 and 20 - Three storeys, three bays. 19th- and 20th-century shopfronts to ground floor. Crude 18th-century jetty, sash windows and plain cornice.
No. 20A:- Two storeys. Off-centre 19th-century door. Irregular fenestration. The block has been widened westwards leaving the fine first floor moulded battened ceiling intact. It is set back from and is at right angles to the street line and is one variant on the siting of medieval buildings in Norwich."
Information from (S2)
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S2) for the current listing details.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 16 March 2021.

These buildings are amongst those listed in thesis (S3), which considers the 13th- to 17th buildings of Norwich. They are described as comprising a late 17th-century street range with a two-storey, 16th-century range with flint rubble walls to the rear. The first floor of the latter has moulded axial and lateral ceiling beams. The internal layout is modern.
P. Watkins (HES), 16 March 2021.