NHER 26096 (Building record) - Strangers Club, 22 and 24 Elm Hill
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Summary
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Location
| Map sheet | TG20NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK |
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Former use not known, now club. 16th century and later. Timber frame. Ground floor rendered; exposed close studding with herringbone red brick infill at first floor. Pantiled roof. Brick chimney (rebuilt). Two storeys with cellar to right. First floor jetty. Six first floor windows. Left carriage entrance to Crown Alley has finely carved bressumer also
bearing merchant's mark and arms of the Mercers Company.
Two identical Tudor-style doors with ribs and iron studs in moulded surrounds flank two large windows which have moulded mullions and transome (heavily restored) for six and ten leaded lights respectively.
The larger window is reputed to have been re-set from the first floor. Two smaller diamond-lattice 20th century casements to right and left and others on first floor.
Projecting 16th century timber framed wing to rear has gable-end brick chimney, two centred arch and a mullioned and transomed casement.
The interior has moulded beams and a fireplace introduced from elsewhere.
Information from (S1).
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF5008 Article in Serial: Carter, A. and Smith, R. 1983. Function and Site: Aspects of Norwich Buildings Before 1700. Vernacular Architecture. Vol 14 pp 5-18.
- --- SNF58263 Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 296.
- --- SNF73769 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2009. Decay in this fine old city is the 'elephant in the room'. 11 September.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 20 NW 224.
- --- SNF8204 Thesis: Smith, R. 1990. An Architectural History of Norwich Buildings, c. 1200 - 1700. Unpublished Thesis. pp 395-396.
- <S1> SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1051268.
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Record last edited
Apr 30 2018 4:09PM