NHER 26303 (Building record) - 53, St Giles Street

June 1972. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"Shop. 17th century with 18th- and 19th-century additions. Renovated in the 20th century. Rendered. Slate roof. Corner site. Three storeys. Two widely spaced second floor windows. Central door with simply moulded pilasters and pediment supported on consoles. Corner shopfront with corner door and fascia...Fascia cornice. I.A.D. in tie-iron ends on west gable."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 16 March 2021.

This building is amongst those listed in thesis (S2), which considers the 13th- to 17th-century buildings of Norwich. It is described as a 17th-century two-storeyed building that is timber framed at first floor level above flint rubble walls. The 18th century rear extension has determined the layout of the street range, which has one gable end stack that could be an original feature. The front pitch of the roof was heightened by one floor when the extensions were added. The tie-irons in the west gable are formed into the initials J.A.D for John Downes (d. 1617) and his wife.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 16 March 2021.