NHER 715 (Building record) - No 91 King Street

No 91 King Street.

1972. Listed Grade II*.
House with 15th-century undercroft.
House:- 1811 incised in brickwork. Fragmentary remains from the late 15th, 16th and 18th century. Red brick and pantile roof. Flint rubble rear and side walls. Two storeys. Three bays. Central door with semi-circular rubbed brick arch and simple timber jambs. Carriage entry to right with four-centre rubbed brick arch. Sash windows with glazing bars and rubbed brick flat arches. Blind window above door. Simple box cornice. Cross-beam in rear room with double-ogee moulding, possibly contemporary with undercroft and one blocked 16th-century window in north wall.
Undercroft:- Brick. Two bays with three transverse ribs springing from wall piers having a shallow four-centre profile. Slight barrel-vault webbing between ribs. Three side chambers and two end chambers. Remains of internal and external stair entrances. The undercroft is ranged at right-angles to and away from the street line. The building is graded II* because of the undercroft, one of an important group within the City Walls.
Information from (S1).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 24 January 2018.

1970s or 1980s. Building Survey.
Examined as part of Norwich Survey.
Two storey brick façade with sash windows and carriage entry. Scratched inscription of 'E.H. 1811' dates façade. The variety of walling material suggests a first re-building during the 18th century, which incorporated a ground-floor ceiling beam with a double ogee chamfer and stranded an early 16th-century mullioned window in the north wall of the back room. These two features could be the remains of a building which stood above and was contemporary with the undercroft.
See notes (S2) for further details.
T. E. Miller (NLA), 31 March 2004. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 24 January 2018.

June 1984. Field Observation.
Site visited during renovations.
Negative.
Information from (S3).
P. Watkins (HES), 24 January 2018.

This house and its undercroft are amongst those listed in thesis (S3), which considers the 13th- to 17th-century buildings of Norwich. The house is described as a two-storey brick building with carriage entry to one side. The undercroft is described as comprising two bays defined by single-order ribs with a four-centred profile. Each bay has a shallow, four-centred vault that spans laterally from the ribs. Two ends chambers support the stairs. Positioned at right-angles to, and away from the street line.

22 January 2002 or before. Stray Find.
Found beneath floor of No 91 King Street [1]:
Body sherd of dish or plate Dutch tin-glazed earthenware. Pinkish fabric, internal white glaze with pale blue linear decoration, external yellowish glaze. 17th century.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 31 May 2002.