NHER 26214 (Building record) - 4 Tombland

No 4 Tombland.

1954. Listed Grade II*.
Listing Description Excerpt:
"House with 15th century undercroft.
House: 18th century. Red and blue brick with vertical blue brick bands between the windows. Ground floor rendered. Three storeys, three bays. Brick eaves cornice with parapet. Sash windows throughout.
Side wall constructed with flint rubble ?contemporary with undercroft."
Information (S1) for further details.
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 December 2017. Amended by P. Beers (HES), 17 March 2020.

January 1981. Building Survey.
Examined as part of Norwich Survey.
Three-storey with red brick front (east) façade with identical cornice and window detail as north adjoining property. Rear wall of flint/brick mix, again with same detail. South wall appears to be flint rubble and pre-dates anything surviving above ground. Interior gutted but probably retains original layout. Beneath the front (east) room there is a brick vaulted cellar with one large central bay, two flanking bays with diagonal single chamfered ribs and possibly five side chambers and original stair entrance arch.
See record forms (S2) for further details and copies of photographs of undercroft.
T.E. Miller (NLA), 25 January 2006. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 December 2017.

This building and its undercroft are amongst those listed in thesis (S3), which considers the 13th- to 17th-century buildings of Norwich. The undercroft is described as consisting of three bays, each with single-order diagonal ribs and side chambers. The entry, now blocked, was in the south-west corner, away from the street. The undercroft is positioned parallel to and away from the street line. It is also noted that the side wall of the overlying late 18th-century building is constructed of flint rubble and therefore may be contemporary with the undercroft.

December 2010. Building Survey.
Examined during work to integrate Nos 4 and 5 Tombland.
Despite the strong impression of this building being early 18th century and No 5 (NHER 26215) being late 18th century, they were in fact part of a single development of early 18th-century date as revealed by the rear elevations. On the separation of ownerships No 5 undertook re-facing in finely jointed brick work, hence appearing to be of a later date.
See report (S4) for further information.
A. Cattermole (HES), 28 January 2010.