NHER 62408 (Building record) - 2 and 4 St Andrew's Street

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Summary

This three-storey corner-site white brick building dates to the early 19th century. It has a pantile roof and the shop front on the corner has a door with flanking two-light windows with attached Ionic columns. The shop door to the left (No 4) has fluted columns and a small flat hood on triglyphs. There are sash windows on all floors, a pantile roof and two small flat-roof dormers. It is recorded that there was a medieval undercroft beneath this building, of which only a single archway survives within the 19th-century cellars. Formerly the St Andrew's Tavern, No 4 St Andrew's Street is now a public house known as the Rumsey Wells - named after a local businessman whose firm of Hatters and Capmakers has occupied this building until 1974.

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Location

Map sheet TG20NW
Civil Parish NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

Map

Nos 2 and 4 St Andrew's Street.
Previously recorded under NHER 714. Although disused at the time it was first examined in 1972 it is now in use a public house and a shop.

1972. Listed Grade II.
Listing Description Excerpt:
"Former public house and shop, disused at the time of re-survey. Early 19th century. White brick, painted at ground floor. Pantile roof. Corner site. Three storeys. Seven bays divided 3:4 plus rounded corner bay. Corner door with flanking two-light windows with attached Ionic columns between and square end pilasters."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
It should be noted that the window with round-arch surround is now a door into the public house.
P. Watkins (HES), 16 November 2017. Amended by J. Cullis (HES), 22 January 2020.

This is a site of historical importance, see documentary history of 4 St Andrew's Street (S2), which includes press cuttings (S3)-(S5). This also states that was a medieval undercroft beneath this building, although it was largely obliterated during the construction of new cellars in the 19th century. Apparently a single archway within the cellar is all that remains of the undercroft. At the time of the listing resurvey the interior was not seen by the reviser.
E. Rose (NLA). Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 16 November 2017.

  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1372493.
  • <S2> Unpublished Report: Kelly, G. I. St Andrew's Tavern, 4 St Andrew's Street, Norwich. A History..
  • <S3> Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1937. Death of Mr Rumsey Wells. 9 December.
  • <S4> Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1937. The Late Mr Rumsey Wells. 10 December.
  • <S5> Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1974. City firm closing down After 160 years. 2 July.

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Record last edited

Jan 22 2020 3:18PM

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