NHER 48116 (Building record) - The Woolpack Public House, Muspole Street

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Summary

A late 18th century three-storey rendered public house with a pantile roof and a 20th century extension and outbuildings to the right hand side. On the ground floor there is at least one re-used timber of possible early 16th-century date. It is possible that this was from the Prior of Walsingham's house, which is said to have been on this site.

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Location

Map sheet TG20NW
Civil Parish NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

Map

June 1972. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description Excerpt:
"Public House. Late 18th century with 20th-century extension and outbuildings to right side. Rendered. Pantile roof. Three storeys. Five bays. Central two-leaf door in single storey canted bay. Blocked door to right of bay. One sash window and one casement at ground floor."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 15 November 2017. Amended by P. Beers (HES), 24 February 2020.

September 1979. Building Survey.
Examined as part of Norwich Survey.
Late 18th-century or early 19th-century three-storey block. Possibility that it was once a two-storey block and raised later. 19th-century back block. One elaborate timber has been re-used in the ground floor - mouldings suggest a date of c. 1510. It is possible that this another roughly cut but unmoulded timber were from the Prior of Walsingham's house, which is said to have been on this site.
See record forms (S2) for further details, including section of moulder timber and copy of photograph.
P. Watkins (HES), 15 November 2017.

  • <S1> Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1219257.
  • <S2> Recording Form: Norwich Survey building record forms.

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Record last edited

Feb 24 2020 5:10PM

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