NHER 725 (Building record) - No 19 Colegate

19 Colegate, Norwich (formerly 19 and 19A).

June 1972. Listed Grade II.
Listing Description Excerpt:
"Houses. 17th century.
Colegate facade:- Painted brick. Roman pantiles - two storeys. Six bays."
"No. 19A, Old Meeting House Alley facade:- Red brick. Roof not visible. Two storeys."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current details.
P. Watkins (HES), 9 October 2018. Amended by H. Hamilton (HES), 8 November 2019.

1970s or 1980s. Building Survey.
Examined as part of Norwich Survey.
Two-storey range along street with one long rear range at north-east angle and shorter rear range at north-west. Present street range arranged as to appear to be two separate buildings, as they now are. Internal evidence suggests that they originally formed one development, if not one use.
The street range has a brick façade on brick plinth raising the block from street level (which does not apparently indicate the presence of a substantial cellar as might be expected).
Street range :
Hall with 18th-/19th-century stair. Front room with 18th-centry panelling, eared architrave fireplace and overmantle. Rear room with 18th-century panelling. Stair contained within an ?18th-century stair turret. 18th-century cellar under stair and kitchen. First floor has knicked end stops on cross timbers and one original central partition. Rear room with good Victorian fittings. Roof with single butt purlins, straight wind braces and original dormers. Rear block raising with 19th-century second floor room.
Main side range along Old Meeting House Alley:
19th-century brick side (east) elevation concealing 17th-century structure. Present north gable appears a truncation. Ground floor gutted. Odd, enclosed stair. First floor has knicked end-stop timbers, the last, most northerly of which is moulded on both sides, suggesting block originally continued further than at present. Roof single butt purlin, straight braces, high arched collars and ridge piece, possibly original.
Whole block appears to date to the first half of the 17th century.
See record form (S2) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 9 October 2018.

12 July 1984. Field Observation.
Examination of drainage trenches excavated to rear of 19 Colegate.
Post-medieval lead glazed earthenware pottery sherd and clay pipe stem.
Compiled by W. Milligan (NCM), 12 July 2018.
Information from (S3).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 9 October 2018.

1985.
Well found under floor and left with 'window' so that it can be seen into.
One sherd of post-medieval pottery recovered.
Identified and compiled by W. Milligan (NCM).
Information from (S3).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 9 October 2018.

This building is amongst those listed in thesis (S4), which considers the 13th- to 17th-century buildings of Norwich. It is described as a 17th-century brick house on street front with two rear extensions that form a U-shaped block. The rear extension may indicate that the building was divided into properties soon after its erection. The plan reflects the 18th and 19th century alterations and these have obscured the exact relationship between the street range and the rear wings. Throughout the building the roofs are of single butt-purlin and wind brace construction.
P. Watkins (HES), 9 October 2018.

2007-2009. Building Survey.
Examination of 19A Colegate (the side range along Old Meeting House Alley) by Norfolk Historic Buildings Group.
It is suggested that a number of features are likely to date to the later, rather than earlier 17th century, including the original large dormer windows, the transom casement windows and the original cellar. It is therefore suggested that this is likely to be the date of this rear extension and the main house. Various other features relate to a later updating of the house - most likely during the early 19th century - including sash windows, pine panelling seen in the stairwell and the upper chamber and the new doorcase opening onto the alleyway.
The well may predate the present house and have belonged to a medieval dwelling.
See brief report (S5) and accompanying photograph.
H. White, (NLA), 22 April 2010. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 9 October 2018.