Undercroft beneath 3, Queen Street, Norwich is a Grade II* listed building in the Norwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1972. A Medieval Undercroft. 1 related planning application.
Undercroft beneath 3, Queen Street, Norwich
- WRENN ID
- plain-cupola-sunrise
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Norwich
- Constituency
- Norwich South MP: Clive Lewis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1972
- Type
- Undercroft
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Undercroft beneath 3, Queen Street, Norwich, NR2 4SG
- OS grid reference
- TG 232 087
- Coordinates
- 52.63013, 1.2979
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The undercroft beneath 3 Queen Street in Norwich is a 15th-century brick structure. It is entirely below ground and situated beneath a late 20th-century commercial building, which is not of special architectural interest and is not included in the listing.
Access to the undercroft is provided from the ground floor of the building above, via a winder stair within a circular stair turret, one of only two known in the city. The turret's opening at the basement level features a Tudor arch with right-angled depressions on either side, indicating that a door may have been inset there at one time. The undercroft itself has an irregular rectangular shape, measuring approximately 7 meters by 7.5 meters. A modern breeze block wall runs across the center from west to east, with a central opening. The roof is designed as a slightly pointed barrel vault.
To the north, there is a low arched recess, above which is a rectangular window-sized recess, and a small arched niche is set into the wall to the west. The south wall also features a rectangular window-sized recess.
It is noted that the part of 3 Queen Street above the undercroft is not of special architectural or historic interest. The undercroft has been mapped as accurately as possible using survey and office plans, with some allowances made for the thickness of medieval walls and the depth of recesses.
Local climate
Undercroft beneath 3, Queen Street, Norwich sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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