NHER 26167 (Building record) - 2 Redwell Street

The Norfolk Heritage Explorer is a filtered version of the Norfolk HER intended for casual research. Please contact us to consult the full record.

Summary

An outwardly unpreposessing three storey house, now an office, with a 20th century shop front. However, under the pavement is a 15th century brick undercroft with wall arches and a side chamber. A watching brief during works to the rear of the building in 2001 noted a collapsed post medieval well and undated pits.

Protected Status/Designation

Listed Building (II*) 1051881: 2 REDWELL STREET

Location

Map sheet	TG20NW
Civil Parish	NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

Map

Find a placename, postcode or grid reference

Map layers

Base layers

Info

Record list

Tools

Full Description

Former use unknown, now office with 15th century undercroft. Red brick, roof not visible, three storeys, two bays.
Undercroft: two bays each with single-order diagonal ribs. There is a relatively long end-chamber that extends beneath the pavement. Along the length of the undercroft there is an arcade that has short transverse ribs.
Two arches separate this arcade from the main body of the undercroft.
It is positioned at right-angles to the street line.
R. Smith 1990.

Building graded II* because of the undercroft.
See (S1) for more details.

July 2001. Watching Brief.
Undertaken during refurbishment of 2 Redwell Street. Recorded a collapsed well and undated pits.
See report (S2) in further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S3).
D. Gurney (NLA), 25 May 2001.

Associated Sources (6)

--- SNF58263 Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 294.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF8204 Thesis: Smith, R. 1990. An Architectural History of Norwich Buildings, c. 1200 - 1700. Unpublished Thesis. p 332.
<S1> SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1051881.
<S2> SNF66919 Unpublished Contractor Report: Whitmore, D. 2001. Report on an Archaeological Watching Brief at No. 2 Redwell Street, Norwich. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 598.
<S3> SNF82555 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 2001. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 2000. Norfolk Archaeology. XLIII Pt IV pp 707-728. p 722.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)

Object Types (6)

ANIMAL REMAINS (Unknown date)
NAIL (Unknown date)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
BRICK (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
TOBACCO PIPE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Related NHER Records (0)

Find out more...(1)

Norwich (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Apr 30 2018 3:54PM