NHER 26316 (Building record) - No 70 King Street

No 70 King Street.

1972. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description Excerpt:
"Former use unknown now shop. Late 17th century, heightened in the 18th century. 20th-century alterations. Rendered, brick south gable. Pantile roof. 20th-century shopfront with fine cast-iron lettering on fascia. Yard entry at extreme right. Mullion and transome windows at first floor and casement windows at second floor."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 18 October 2017. Amended by P. Beers (HES), 18 March 2020.

1970s or 1980s. Building Survey.
Briefly examined as part of Norwich Survey.
Two-storey street range heightened in the 18th or 19th century. Earlier brick gable end showing clearly on south gable, with outline of former roof. 18th/19th-century windows and 20th-century shopfront. Central loading doors on first and second floor, complete with pivoting hoist.
See record form (S2) for further details. See also file for copies of architect's drawings of Nos 70 and 72 King Street (from A. Carter archive).
P. Watkins (HES), 18 October 2017.

This building is one of those noted in thesis (S3), being described as originally a two-storey structure with timber-framed walls at front and back, the front wall having been refaced or rebuilt in the 18th century when a second floor was added. It is suggested that there is no evidence left, apart from the timber framing, to indicate the date of the first build.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 18 October 2017.

1996.
A. Rogerson (NLA) reports that R. Smith (NAU) has found a wall of blank arcading here, older than the house and possibly connected with the Pied Friars (NHER 620). Details to come.
E. Rose (NLA), 25 July 1996.

Mr Smith later dated the building to the 17th century, heightened in the 18th.
E. Rose (NLA), 21 November 1996.

The medieval fabric noted above was actually exposed in the north wall No 72 King Street.
See NHER 26317 and published article (S4) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 18 October 2017.