NHER 60768 (Building record) - Inter-war net warehouse at 22 Bulmer Lane

Net warehouse, part of a pair, with the other being to the rear of 28 Bulmer Lane (NHER 35864).
This warehouse is brick with slate roof and boiler annexe at west end, still in original condition.
These buildings were used to repair and treat fishing nets for the Yarmouth fleet and are of 19th century date. They are rare survivals of the industry, others in the area having been converted to houses.
See record forms in file and (S1) and (S2).
E. Rose (NLA), 9 January 2001.

May 2015. Building Survey.
Survey prior to conversion to a house.
This two storey building is of Fletton brick, with a slate roof. Off the south-west side of the west gable end stood a large copper and the drainpipes which directed rainwater into the copper remain. The gable-end has one window which lets light in to the beatsters' room. The façade to the south is symmetrical of four bays with an upper doorway. There is a stable door to the entrance and a similar door in the upper storey led on to a gallery which stretched the full length of the façade. This gallery was for taking the nets to the tanning copper, providing enough height to clear the top. The east gable end has two entrances, one above the other, and the upper doorway has a pulley beam for hoisting up the nets. The north façade is devoid of openings except for a window at the west end of the upper storey. The internal faces of all the walls on both storeys were panelled with vertical tongued and grooved boards, presumably to avoid bare bricks tearing the nets. The beatsters' room is the only space that was ceiled and painted. The main space of the warehouse at the upper level had compartments on the north side for the storage of the different nets used. The ground floor room was for general storage of equipment and repairs of the pallets (canvas floats) would also take place in this space. During the Second World War, soldiers were billeted here as indicated by a printed notice issued by the army and stuck to the panelling.
See report (S3) for further details.
A. Cattermole (HES), 26 May 2015.