6-12, George Street

Nos. 6-12 George Street in Great Yarmouth are three shops, with Nos. 8 and 10 combined. They date from the early 17th century and were altered in the early 20th century, with restoration work carried out in 1988-89 by Olley & Haward. The building once had a datestone indicating the year 1609. It features knapped flint with rendered brick, and brick and flint at the rear, topped with a roof of black-glazed pantiles.

The structure has a T-shaped plan and stands two storeys tall, with a 20th-century dormer attic over No. 6. The façade has a five-window range. The shop fronts consist of plate glass, with No. 6 featuring a double display window and a central entrance framed by a pair of fluted Roman Doric columns. Nos. 8-12 also have plate-glass display windows and entrances between pairs of Roman Doric columns, with a blind entrance in the centre.

On the first floor, there are three 6/6 sash windows, with the central window lacking horns. To the right and left are 19th-century canted bay windows fitted with horned sashes that do not have glazing bars. A timber modillion eaves cornice is present between moulded brick kneelers, and the building has a gabled roof. The south gable features a parapet built up to accommodate 20th-century sloping dormers, and there is an internal gable-end stack. The remainder of the roof has three late 20th-century Velux roof lights.

The east wall of the main block was entirely rebuilt in 1988. The rear wing ends to the east with a round early 16th-century brick archway and part of a second archway, remnants of the Carmelite Friary that once stood on the site and was dissolved in 1538.

Inside, the building is mainly plain and has undergone significant alterations during the 20th century. The roof of the front range features heavy early 17th-century upper crucks, above which is a mid-20th-century king-post roof. The rear wing has a modified king-post roof from the 18th century.