NHER 26188 (Building record) - 35, St Giles Street

February 1954. Listed, Grade II*.
Listing Description excerpt:
"Former house, now shop and offices with 15th-century undercroft.
Shop and offices:- late 16th-/early 17th-century street range remodelled and heightened in the 18th century. Later 18th-century parallel rear range and long block at right-angles. Red brick and black pantile roof. Three storeys plus cellar to rear range. Four bays to street range. Fine 19th-century shopfront with off-centre door that reflects the 18th-century entry arrangement...Interesting interior arrangement with open-well stair at rear, right-hand side having turned balusters and carved brackets. This leads to a first floor back room with very fine 18th-century panelling over door and mantel carving and plaster ceiling.
Undercroft:- Brick. Two irregular bays at right-angles to the street line. Single-order diagonal ribs with additional radiating ribs to accommodate door and window openings. Wall arches and lighting niches in the south bay.
The building is graded II* for the undercroft, with forms part of an important group within the City Walls and for the 18th-century carving and plasterwork."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 16 March 2021.

1978. Norwich Survey.
Three storey block with 19th century façade. Long 18th century back block.
Early 15th-century(?) undercrofted 18th-century cellar.
See (S2) for photocopies of façade and interior features.
T.E. Miller (NLA) 20 October 2004.

This building and its undercroft are amongst those listed in thesis (S3), which considers the 13th- to 17th-century buildings of Norwich. It is described as an 18th-century street range with a later 18th-century rear extension of similar dimensions plus a long wing at right angles to the street line. Renovation work on the ground floor apparently exposed flat-section ceiling joists of 16th- or 17th-century date.
The undercroft is positioned at right to and on the street line and consists of two bays, each with an irregular rib pattern. The pattern of the ribs shows that the entry, plus an adjacent window, were in the north wall.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 16 March 2021.