Flint House

Flint House is an early 19th-century commercial property with domestic accommodation, incorporating an 18th-century rear wing. The building was originally constructed, in part, for J. Chadwick, a saddler, who died in 1855. It is constructed of coursed flint with flint galleting, rendered brick quoins and dressings to the front, and a mix of flint and brick with brick dressings to the rear. The front has a black glazed pantile roof slope, while the rear has red pantiles, a truncated gable end stack and tall rear stacks.

The front range is three storeys high, while the rear wing is single storey and attic, and two storeys. The front range has a two-window range at the first and second floors, with 2/2 sash windows. A bracketed cornice sits above, centered by an elaborate iron bracket originally supporting a large clock. The ground floor features a double shop-front with an altered doorway, largely matching its appearance in a photograph from around 1900. The left side is blank with ground floor windows, while the right-hand side abuts Nos. 3, 5 and 7 Church Street. The rear wing consists of two storeys adjacent to the front range, then a single storey and attic with a steeply pitched roof beyond, featuring various casements, doors, and extensions.

The interior of the front range’s ground floor on the right-hand side includes bridging beams, chamfered in the rear wing. The front range also contains a stick baluster staircase with slim turned newels, early 19th-century fireplaces, dado rails, picture rails, and 4-panel doors. The rear wing's first floor has a timber-framed partition and 2-panel doors. A knee brace support is present in the two-storey section, and the part of the roof beyond has a steeply pitched roof with a heavy butt purlin.

A Cromer map from 1747 shows a cottage on the site, possibly incorporated into the present rear wing. Buildings with a similar footprint are shown on Cromer Tithe maps from 1840 and 1845. In 1894, J.J. Briggs, a watchmaker and jeweller from Norwich, purchased the building and installed a large clock on the front, the bracket for which remains. Flint House retains features from the 18th and early 19th centuries and contributes to group value with Nos. 3, 5, and 7 Church Street.