NHER 26243 (Building record) - 4, St Benedict's Street

No 4 St Benedict's Street.

1987. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"Former public house, now shop. Late 18th century with the remains of 15th-century undercroft. Red brick with white brick dressing to carriage arch, roof not visible. Three storeys, three bays with a carriage entry beneath a three-centred arch at the right-hand side. Later shop front with central recessed door."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 30 November 2017. Amended by P. Beers (HES), 17 March 2020.

This building and its undercroft are amongst those listed in thesis (S2), which considers the 13th- to 17th-century architecture of Norwich. A 16th-century building that once stood at right angles to, and behind the early-19th century street range is represented by a surviving east wall (with a large blocked window) and ground floor ceiling survive.
The brick-built undercroft lies beneath the street range and was partly destroyed when the building above was erected. It comprises the remains of possibly two bays of diagonal rib vaulting. There is one side chamber with a pointed barrel-vault profile on the eastern end of the rear wall.
An opposite arch represents either another side chamber that formerly extended beneath the street or the remains of wall arcading. There is a rib respond that survives to the springing height in the northeast corner.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 16 March 2021.