NHER 26195 (Building record) - 4, 5 and 6, St Gregory's Alley

June 1972. Listed, Grade II.
Original Listing Description excerpt:
"Former house now shops. 16th century, heightened in the 18th century. 19th- and 20th-century alterations. White brick at first and second floors to Nos 4 and 5. Rendered timber-frame to No 6. Pantile roof. Three storeys. Five second-floor windows. Three 20th-century shopfronts and passage door at extreme right-hand side."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S2) for revised Listing Description issued March 2010.
P. Watkins (HES), 17 March 2021.

1983. Building Survey.
No 6 examined as part of Norwich Survey.
Originally two storey timber frame. Early 16th century? 18th century heightening and two storey rear lean-to. Interior gutted.
See (S3).
T.E. Miller (NLA) 2004.

Nos 5 and 6 St Gregory's Alley are amongst the buildings listed in thesis (S4), which considers the 13th- to 17th-century architecture of Norwich. They are described as a 16th-century building with timber-framed walls front and back at first floor level. It is noted that the ground floor rear walls have been removed and that the block is divided into two properties with a stack on the shared wall - an arrangement that could reflect the original room layout. The second floor was added in the 18th century.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 17 March 2021.

March 2010. Listing Amended.
For a time the grade of these buildings was upgraded to Grade II*. It is stated that this was done due to the presence beneath the building of a "…brick-built 15th-century undercroft…which forms part of an important collectection of undercrofts within the city walls". This was though an error as the undercroft is actually beneath the adjacent building, 6a and 7 St Gregory's Alley (NHER 54787). 6a and 7 were listed for the first time in December 2009, primarily due to the presence of the undercroft. The grade of Nos 4, 5 and 6 was reduced to Grade II in March 2010 and a new Listing Description produced.
See (S2) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 17 March 2021.