NHER 52867 (Building record) - 17 Upper King Street (Norfolk Club)

No 17 Upper King Street (Norfolk Club).

February 1954. Listed Grade II listed.
Former house now club. 18th century with 19th-century alterations. Red brick and black pantiles. Three storeys. Five bays plus single recessed bay. Central door with attached Doric columns supporting fluted and panelled architrave and pediment. Sash windows throughout with glazing bars and rubbed brick segmental arches at ground and first floor. Modillion cornice and hipped roof. Fine fireplace surrounds and staircase, panelling in first floor main room.
Information from (S1).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 18 October 2017.

April 1978. Building Survey.
Examined as part of Norwich Survey.
The site belonged to the Grey Friars in the Middle Ages; the ancient wall immediately north of the Club premises marks the boundary between the friars and the cathedral monastey. The building itself dates to the mid 18th century. Prior to 1887 it was known as Old Bank House, a reference to when this was the residence of James Hudson, a banker, who business was carried out here until 1866. The Club acquired the house and its grounds in 1887 and extensive alterations and additions were carried out over the next two years to the designs of Edward Boardman. Inside the house much 18th-century detail survives, although there has been a good deal of rearrangement and possibly some reproduction work.
See record form (S2) for further details and photographs. See also file for copies of various floor plans and elevations (from A. Carter archive).
P. Watkins (HES), 18 October 2017.

February 2009.
Proposed demolition and rebuilding of the chimney stack over the billiard room due to its structural failure.
See (S3) and (S4) for further details.
H. White (NLA), 22 June 2009