NHER 62374 (Building record) - 2 and 2a Unthank Road (formerly The Tuns Public House)

2 and 2a Unthank Road.

1972. Listed Grade II.
Listing Description Excerpt:
"House, now public house. 17th century with early 19th-century façade. Painted flint rubble with brick dressings and repairs; plain tile roof; three brick chimneys (rebuilt). L-plan. Two storeys and attic; three first-floor windows. Panelled door to right has simple doorcase with small hood."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 26 October 2017. Amended by J. Cullis (HES), 22 January 2020.

1970s or 1980s. Building Survey.
Examined as part of Norwich Survey.
Two-storeyed plus attic and cellar L-shaped building. As it has been stranded by road alterations it is impossible to determine its relationship to the street line. Built of flint rubble with brick quoins and many 19th-century and 20th-century infills. The earliest feature is the remains of a 16th-century roof above the western end of the east/west range. The scant remains of this roof are terminated halfway along the range where it changes to a 17th-century construction. The south facing dormer is a later insertion. In the north-south range there are four and a half bays of roof remaining. The 1885 O.S map shows that this range originally extended further to the south. An extension with a king-post roof with queen struts was added to the north of the building in the mid 19th century.
Various 20th-century internal alterations have almost annihilated any dating evidence. Features of the east/west range suggest that it represents a major rebuild of an earlier, possibly 16th-century block. The north-south range may be a later 17th-century addition to an earlier 17th-century adaption of the east/west range.
See notes (S2) for further details and drawings of architectural elements. See also file for copy of photograph and architectural drawings.
P. Watkins (HES), 26 October 2017.