NHER 51764 (Building record) - 24 Wensum Street, Norwich

Building Survey, 1984.
A History of 24 Wensum Street by G.I. Kelly.
In brief, all buildings in this locality were burned down on 25th April 1507, but it is clear from documentary evidence that the main building complex rebuilt at some point in the 16th century occupied the 24 Wensum Street site. From Easter 1743 it was known as the 'Ribs of Beef', by which name part of the property was known until around 1928 - its first landlord was Thomas Holland. In the late 1890s the construction of the tramways meant that about one-half of the building was demolished. The owners were compensated, the building repaired, and the 'Ribs of Beef' was open again for business in 1904. In 1927/8, under the landlord Alfred James Kendrick, the pub was renames the 'Fye Bridge Tavern'. The last publican was E.E. Hunn/Nunn, who closed in 1958, and since 1975 the property has been let to a series of commercial users.
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K. Robbins (NLA), 19 September 2008