NHER 40584 (Building record) - No. 1 Chapel Street

16th century timber framed house with roughcast wattle and daub infill and occasional brick repairs. Medieval town house plan. Two storeys, the upper jettied. 19th century extensions to south wall.
See full survey and interpretation in file made by E. Rose (NLA) when house stripped out.
A. Cattermole (NLA), 13th July 2004.

Previously NHER 9200 context 9.

April 1983. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description Excerpt:
"House. 16th century. Timber framed with roughcast wattle and daub infill and occasional brick repairs. Corrugated iron roof. Medieval town house plan, set tranverse to road with single bay facade. Two storeys, The upper jettied. One 18th century sash window each floor with glazing bars."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
Amended by P. Beers (HES), 25 June 2020.

(S2) in file sees the building as being of three phases in the 15th/16th century.

Now probably identified as the gatehouse of a building of some importance this site belonged to William Verdon in 1573 and it may be that of the Verdons' house that was charged a landgable rent, high in New Buckenham terms, in 1542. As late as 1696 the site measured one acre, again big for New Buckenham. The Verdons were the retainers of the Knyvetts at the castle and leading townsmen from the late 15th century. Probably by 1615 and certainly by 1634 it had become a dwelling house. A possible attached range along Chapel Street has now gone. The southern (King Street) front range was sold off by 1573.
See (S2).
M. Dennis (NLA), 10 May 2006.