NHER 46359 (Building record) - Warehouse, St Nicholas Street

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Summary

Externally this early 19th-century former warehouse appears to consist of two storeys above a basement level, although a survey of its interior suggests it has actually always been of only two stroreys, with a double-height ground floor. It is constructed of whole flints with gault brick dressings, some coursed clunch, and has a concrete tile roof. One bay retains a large two-storey opening that was formerly a loading door. This building was fully rennovated as part of the creation of the new Thetford Bus Interchange, having previously been in a derelict condition.

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Location

Map sheet TL88SE
Civil Parish THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

January 1971. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"Warehouse. Early 19th century. Whole flints with gault brick dressings and some coursed clunch. Concrete tile roof. Two storeys on basement in 10 bays. Second bay (from left) with a two-storey timber loading door opposing similar door to rear. Basement storey with nine blind windows with segmental heads. First floor with nine fixed windows with glazing bars, also with segmental heads. Ten similar second-floor windows. Dentil eaves cornice and hipped roof. Rear similar. Interior not inspected."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
Amended by E. McDonald (HES), 8 November 2019.

June 2014. Building Survey.
Level 2 survey of former warehouse ahead of its renovation as part of the construction of the new Thetford Bus Interchange.
At the time of the survey the building was in an entirely derelict condition, with its roof removed and virtually all internal fixtures and fittings removed.
Although the exterior had suggested the presence of three floors, internally there was only evidence for two – with the ground floor seemingly always having been of double height. It was also noted that the present building incorporates elements of other, now lost buildings that can be seen on historic maps of the site. The north part of the west elevation incorporates the brick and clunch gable from an earlier range that originally extended west, while the south gable is the brick and clunch-rubble north gable of another formerly adjoining structure. Both of these now demolished buildings can be seen on the 1883 Ordnance Survey 1:500 Town Plan map (S2), with the one extending to the south marked as a malthouse.
See report (S3) for further details.
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.260).
P. Watkins (HES), 9 July 2026.

  • --- Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2012. Bus station gets the go-ahead. 28 July.
  • <S1> Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1196085.
  • <S2> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1883. Ordnance Survey Town Map: Thetford. 50 inch to 1 mile.
  • <S3> Unpublished Contractor Report: Hickling, S. 2015. Thetford Bus Interchange, Minstergate-St Nicholas Street, Thetford, Norfolk. Archaeological excavation, monitoring and historic building recording. 2015/1007.

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Jul 9 2026 12:19PM

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