NHER 26153 (Building record) - 65, Pottergate

June 1972. Listed, Grade II*.
Listing Description excerpt:
"Former house now flats with 15th-century undercroft.
Former house:- 17th-century with partly rebuilt 20th-century gable and rear outbuilding. Roughcast on flint rubble walls, plaster quoins and black pantile roof. Two storeys plus cellar. Two bays. Central door with simple timber surround...Off-centre dormer with sash window and small sloping dormer to left.
Undercroft:- Brick. T-shape plan partly beneath the 17th-century building. Single-order diagonal and cross ribs springing from wall piers. Wall arches and lighting niches. Original entrances evident in the south-east corner of the west range and in the north wall of the north/south range. One groin-vaulted bay beneath pavement.
The building is grade II* because of the undercroft which forms part of an impor- tant group within the City Walls."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 17 March 2021.

1979. Norwich Survey.
Two storey flint/rubble range of early 17th century. Contemporary cellars leading to extensive vaulted undercrofts not related to existing building.
See (S2).
T.E. Miller (NLA) 19 May 2004.

This building and its undercroft are amongst those listed in thesis (S3), which considers the 13th- to 17th-century buildings of Norwich. No 65 is described as a two-storeyed, 17th-century building with flint rubble walls. There is a chimney stack on each gable and a central through passage that contains the stairs to the first floor. The 15th-century brick-built undercroft is partly beneath this building and extends out in three directions. The longest arm is positioned at right-angles to the street and extends beneath the pavement.
P. Watkins (HES), 17 March 2021.

April-May 2002. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of work within the undercroft. From context 1.
Details to come.
This work is noted in (S4).
A. Hutcheson (NLA) 2 April 2002.

December 2002-January 2003. Watching Brief.
On structural remedial work to remove a concrete 'plug' within the roof of the medieval undercroft.
Contexts 99-107 used.
The concrete plug had been a repair to the undercroft which had been damaged by water leaking from a pipe directly above the undercroft. In the actual undercroft itself a sherd of post medieval pottery and fragment of ornate medieval brick were found amongst the general debris. Both these items showed fire damage and the former presence of a layer of charcoal on the lower part of the wall coverings suggest a fire occurred here sometime in the past.
See report (S5) for full details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S6).
T. Sunley (NLA) 20 March 2007.