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

Nos. 16, 16A, 16B, and 17 on Northgate Street in Great Yarmouth are a pair of shops with accommodation above, dating from the mid 17th century. They were altered and re-roofed in the 17th century, refurbished in the early 18th century, and had their facade re-worked in the late 18th century. The buildings are constructed of red brick that has been rendered, whitewashed, and scored to resemble ashlar, with a roof made of corrugated tiles.

The exterior features two storeys and a dormer attic, with a six-window range. No. 16 has an early 20th-century shop front, while No. 17 has a late 20th-century shop front. The first floor contains six 6/6 unhorned sash windows set at irregular intervals. The gabled roof has two gabled dormers, one for each property: No. 16 features a 20th-century swivel window, and No. 17 has a 3/3 horned sash window. There are internal gable-end stacks on both the north and south sides. The south wall in Row 6 shows remains of an arched opening towards the east end. The rear includes a whitewashed two-storey cross-wing that now comprises Nos. 16A and 16B, while the cross-wing for No. 17 is also two storeys tall, featuring a Mansard roof and an internal gable-end stack.

Inside No. 16, the ground-floor front room has a mid 17th-century double wave-moulded bridging beam that terminates in an acanthus leaf stop. The south and part of the west walls are adorned with early 18th-century large-framed panelling and double doors leading to an integral cupboard. This panelling includes a cornice with modillions. The rear room in the cross-wing has a fragment of large-framed panelling on the rear wall. The first floor features chamfered 18th-century bridging beams, although the interior has been much modernised in the late 20th century to create flats.

In No. 17, the ground floor has three ovolo-moulded bridging beams. The first-floor front room showcases early 18th-century large-framed panelling and a plain overmantel above the fireplace, with three-panelled cupboard doors on either side that have cockshead hinges. The room also has a modillion eaves cornice and an ovolo-moulded bridging beam with tongue stops. The rear area retains ovolo-moulded bridging beams, and the roof still has one mid 17th-century upper cruck.