NHER 51875 (Building record) - 18 Golden Ball Street, Norwich

No 18 Golden Ball Street.

1972. Listed Grade II.
Listing Description Excerpt:
"Former house,now shop. 17th century. Rendered with pantile roof. Two storeys plus attic. Two widely spaced first floor windows. 19th-century shop front with central door. Yard entry at extreme left. Sash windows at first floor with glazing bars. Fascia cornice. Two gabled dormers with casement windows."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 23 November 2017. Amended by J. Cullis (HES), 21 January 2020.

June 1986. Building Survey.
Basic survey.
Two-storey plus attic building of rendered masonry walls dating at least from the 17th century with a 19th century cellar, alteration and small rear lean-to extension. The position and orientation of the decoration on the ceiling beams indicates that originally the building had a central stack serving one room either side. This was demolished and the building divided into two units. In the late 18th/early 19th century the building returned to being one unit and the shopfront inserted. The plan created when the building was divided into two is of considerable importance - it can be seen as the precursor of the typical 18th century double pile plan and a general interpretation of documentary evidence, along with a comparison of other Norwich buildings, suiggests that this is a single survivor of what was once a common 17th century plan type.
See report (S2) for further details and floor plans.
K. Robbins (NLA), 26 October 2008. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 23 November 2011.