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11 and 13, Wensum Street

A Grade II Listed Building in Norwich, Norfolk

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.6324 / 52°37'56"N

Longitude: 1.2979 / 1°17'52"E

OS Eastings: 623271

OS Northings: 308957

OS Grid: TG232089

Mapcode National: GBR W9P.KF

Mapcode Global: WHMTM.X378

Plus Code: 9F43J7JX+X5

Entry Name: 11 and 13, Wensum Street

Listing Date: 5 June 1972

Last Amended: 16 September 1987

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1290167

English Heritage Legacy ID: 229739

ID on this website: 101290167

Location: The Close, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3

County: Norfolk

District: Norwich

Electoral Ward/Division: Thorpe Hamlet

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Norwich

Traditional County: Norfolk

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Norfolk

Church of England Parish: Norwich St George, Tombland

Church of England Diocese: Norwich

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Description


In the entry for:
WENSUM STREET
16/943 (east side)
No 11
5.6.72 II
The address shall be amended to read:
WENSUM STREET
(east side)
Nos 11 and 13
The description shall be amended to read:
Former use unknown, now shops and restaurant. C15 undercroft. C17,heightened in C18.
Major C20 alterations. Rendered. Black pantile roof. 3 storeys, jettied at first
floor. 2nd floor windows. 3 bay shopfront to the left-side with attached fluted
columns supporting fascia. Central shopping arcade entry with casement window to side.
Tall 2-storey shopfront at righthand side. Casement windows throughout. Flat modillion
cornice. Beneath the street range of the building are the remains of a brick built
undercroft, dated by comparison with others in the city to the C15. Two side chambers
survive each with a four-centred profile; one extending beneath the street and the
other in the north wall of the cellar. To the south of the former is a part of a
blocked opening representing either another side chamber or a doorway.

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TG 2308 NW WENSUM STREET
(east side)
16/943
5.6.72. No. 11
II
Former use unknown now shops and restaurant. C17 heightened in the C18.
Major C20 alterations. Rendered. Black pantile roof. 3 storeys, jettied
at first floor. 2nd floor windows. 3 bay shopfront to the left-side
with attached fluted columns supporting fascia. Central shopping arcade
entry with casement window to side. Tall 2-storey shopfront at right-
hand side. Casement windows throughout. Flat modillion cornice.


Listing NGR: TG2327108957

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