NHER 26264 (Monument record) - 33 St Augustine's Street

Rear of number 33.
The 17th century ground floor fireplace with stack-side stairs and a length of ceiling beam remains from what was probably a single-cell building.
The gable opposite the fireplace is now seen as a passage wall within the adjoining 19th century building.
Information from (S1).
R. Smith.

1978. Norwich Survey.
Remains of a small 17th century house lost in the complex of back buildings. Dates to about 1680.
See (S2).
T.E. Miller (NLA), 9 June 2004.

August 2007. Building Survey.
A pair of 17th century houses with shops and attic gables, built as part of the expansion of the city within the Gildencroft area, which was open land. During the 19th century, small cottages were added to the back of the house as typical urban infill. In the early 20th century a small factory or warehouse extended the plot which was further extended to the north later in the 20th century.
See report (S3) for further details.
A. Cattermole (NLA), 16 August 2007.

January 2010. Building Survey.
Architectural history report.
The oldest parts of the site are 17th century and there is construction from this period up until approximately 25 years ago when the buildings became abandoned. The buildings were last used as a butchers shop and photographs from the 1930s show the building in this use when it still had its attic gable and chimney. There appears to have been infilling and replacement of earlier walls in the 18th and early 19th century. The shop front dates from the late 19th or early 20th century. All walls were rendered with the exception of the brick wall to Nunn's Yard in the mid-20th century. The original roof has been lost. During partial demolition in the second room from the St Augustines street front revealed a flint wall that had been covered by a concrete and timber lining. To the left of the flint wall a square oak window, approximately 200 years old, was revealed set high in the wall with the top above the current ceiling level. The removal of a concrete slab in the third room from the St Augustines street front revealed a beam in the ground and a cellar containing bottles and packets dating to the late 20th century which is probably when the cellar was backfilled. The cellar is likely to be between 200 and 400 years old with a barrel vaulted side chamber could date back to the 15th century. The area to the rear of the third room on the left side revealed late 18th and 19th century slum occupation including a fireplace where the earliest phase was 17th century brick that was later built against in the 18th century that reduced the width of the fireplace.
See report (S4) for further information.
S. Howard (NLA), 19 August 2010.