16, 16A, 16B AND 17, NORTHGATE STREET

GREAT YARMOUTH

TG5208SW NORTHGATE STREET 839-1/11/137 (West side) 05/08/74 Nos.16, 16A, 16B AND 17 Post Office (No.17) (Formerly Listed as: NORTHGATE STREET, Whitehorse Plain Nos.16 AND 17)

GV II

Pair of shops with accommodation above. Mid C17, altered and re-roofed C17, refurbished early C18 and the facade re-worked late C18. Red brick rendered, whitewashed and scored to resemble ashlar. Roof of corrugated tiles. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and dormer attic; 6-window range. No.16 with early C20 shop front and No.17 with a late C20 shop front. First floor has six 6/6 unhorned sashes set at irregular intervals. Gabled roof with 2 gabled dormers, one to each property: No.16 has a C20 swivel window, No.17 has a 3/3 horned sash. Internal gable-end stacks north and south. South wall in Row 6 has remains of an arched opening towards the east end. Whitewashed 2-storey cross-wing to rear now comprises Nos 16A and 16B. Cross-wing to No.17 also 2-storeyed, with a Mansard roof and an internal gable-end stack. INTERIOR of No.16: ground-floor front room with a mid C17 double wave-moulded bridging beam terminating in an acanthus leaf stop. The south and part of west walls with early C18 large-framed panelling and double doors opening into an integral cupboard. The panelling has a cornice with modillions. Rear room in cross-wing with a fragment of large-framed panelling on the rear wall. First floor with chamfered C18 bridging beams. Much modernised in late C20 to form flats. INTERIOR of No.17: 3 ovolo-moulded bridging beams to ground floor. First floor front room with early C18 large-framed panelling and a plain overmantel to the fire. 3-panelled cupboard doors right and left with cockshead hinges. Modillion eaves cornice. Ovolo-moulded bridging beam with tongue stops. Rear with ovolo-moulded bridging beams. Roof retains one mid C17 upper cruck.

Listing NGR: TG5232908096