NHER 313 (Building record) - 15 Bedford Street

1972. Listed, Grade II*.
Listing Description exerpt:
"Former shop, now offices with 15th century undercroft.
Former shop:- 16th century, heightened in the 18th century. Masonry rear ground floor wall and rendered timber frame. Brick rear block."
"Undercroft:- Brick. Beneath rear range and at right angles to the street line. Pointed barrel-vault profile with single order diagonal."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current details.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 31 August 2017. Amended H. Hamilton (HES), 8 November 2019.

1976. Field Observation.
Gas trench outside No.15.
No finds.
M. Atkin (NCM).

1970s or 1980s. Building Survey.
Building examined as part of Norwich Survey.
Three-storey block dating from the 16th/19th century. Top floor a recent raising of a two-storey block. Jettied first floor. Elements of 16th-century shop front survive on the exterior of the ground floor (the interior of which has been gutted). Various features dating to c. 1500 on first floor. Rear range gutted.
Undercroft under rear range.
See record forms (S2) for further information, photographs and drawings of architectural details.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 31 August 2017.

This building and its undercroft are amongst those briefly described in thesis (S3), which considers the 13th- to 17th-century buildings of Norwich.
P. Watkins (HES), 31 August 2017.