NHER 4303 (Building record) - Numbers 6, 7 and 8, Row 111

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Summary

An early 17th-century house, converted to tenements in the 19th century. The house was bombed in World War Two, and is now a museum. A well of probable 17th-century date was discovered in the forecourt of these buildings during restoration work in 1956.

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Location

Map sheet TG50NW
Civil Parish GREAT YARMOUTH, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

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1956. Excavation.
Well in Row 111. Partly excavated by C. Green (NCM) and dated to c.1650.
Described in (S1) as having lain "…in the forecourt of the seventeenth century houses at present being restored by the Ministry of Work". It had a brick lining and although its filling could be entirely removed it paved base was demonstrated to lie at a depth of 1.58 ft [0.48m] OD.
Information from record cards (S2) and (S3). This discovery was also noted in (S4) and (S5).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 March 2022.

Source [1] notes many apotropaic marks on the windows and doors, however he states that after wartime bombing, fragments of many buildings were used to restore these houses, and so these may not all belong here.
E. Rose (NLA) 22 August 1997.

February 1998. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"House, converted to tenements 19th century, roof and upper part damaged by bombing 8 April 1942; now used as a museum. Early 17th-century house extended to the south in the late 17th century, when the east wing was added. Knapped flint and brick. Plain-tiled roofs. Two storeys and dormer attic; four-window range. West front has a central west door in a bolection-moulded doorcase...Gabled roof with two sloping dormers...Internal gable-end stack to north with a single octagonal flue, truncated. Truncated ridge stack right of centre.
INTERIOR: bridging beams with sunk quadrant mouldings are normal. North ground-floor room with 18th-century large-framed panelling. First floor east window with a king mullion. Scheduled Ancient Monument."
Information from (S6).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S6) for the current listing details.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 March 2022.

  • --- Designation: [unknown]. Ancient Monuments Form. SAM Record. DNF233.
  • --- Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. pp 514-515.
  • --- Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2001. Happiness in hard times. 11 April.
  • --- Photograph: JV16.
  • --- Publication: St. J. O'Neil, B.H.. 1955. Archaeologia. 95, pp 159-62.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Post-Medieval. Yarmouth (Great).
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Publication: Lambert, J. 1960. The Making of The Broads. p 130.
  • <S2> Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 50 NW 42.
  • <S3> Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S4> Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1957. Other Archaeological Excavations 1956. Norfolk Research Committee Bulletin. Series 1 No 9 (for 1956) p 2.
  • <S5> Serial: 1956. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. No 3. p 5.
  • <S6> Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1245916.

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Mar 15 2022 7:00AM

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