NHER 75 (Building record) - Nos 125, 125A and 127 King Street

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Nos 125, 125A and 127 are part of a single 16th century house which has been subject to extensive rebuilding in 1983-1984. The upper storey is timber-framed, with herringbone nogging, and a pantile roof. During alterations in 1955 a medieval well containing an iron knife, a stone architectural fragment and some Late Saxon and medieval pottery sherds were recovered. At the moment the building stands derelict, after serving as an electrical showroom, however continuing regeneration along King Street is bringing hope that this interesting building will be restored. Further details available under NHER 26536.

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Civil Parish NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

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Early 16th century with 20th century alterations and rear extensions. Timber frame first floor, brick to No 127. Pantile roofs. Two and three-storeys.
Nos 125 and 125A: herring-bone brickwork between studs partly replaced.

1955.
In alterations at 127/129 King Street medieval well 10'-12' (3m-3.7m) deep contained tanged iron knife; decorated stone crocket from a building around 1480 (according to Whittingham), 13th-15th century pottery. [1]
Late Saxon sherds in medieval well.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

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April 2000. Building Survey.
Survey of buildings and walls between King Street, Hobrough Lane, the River Wensum and Old Barge Yard.
See NHER 26536 and report (S1) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S2).
D. Gurney (NLA), 21 August 2000. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 30 March 2015.

  • --- Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1217899.
  • --- Monograph: Jennings, S. 1981. Eighteen Centuries of Pottery from Norwich. East Anglian Archaeology. No 13.
  • --- Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 304.
  • --- Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2016. Buildings are listed on at-risk register. 14 June.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Norwich - Post Roman.
  • --- Record Card: NCM Staff. 1973-1989. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card - Norwich.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • --- Serial: 1955. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. No 2. p 5.
  • <S1> Unpublished Contractor Report: Smith, R. and Shelley, A. 2000. Report of surveys of buildings and walls between King St, Hoborough Lane, the River Wensum and Old Barge Yard, Norwich. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 500.
  • <S2> 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.
  • POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
  • ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • KNIFE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Record last edited

May 14 2018 11:08AM

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