Old Post Office Yard Behind Number 19 to Right of Carriage Arch is a Grade II* listed building in the Norwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1970. A C15 Former house.

Old Post Office Yard Behind Number 19 to Right of Carriage Arch

WRENN ID
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Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Norwich
Constituency
Norwich South MP: Clive Lewis (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 October 1970
Type
Former house
Address
Old Post Office Yard Behind Number 19 to Right of Carriage Arch, Bedford Street, NR2 1AR
OS grid reference
TG 230 086
Coordinates
52.62994, 1.29483
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Post Office Yard, located behind number 19 to the right of the carriage arch, is a former house now serving as a restaurant. It dates back to the 15th century and was partly rebuilt in the 20th century. The building is constructed of rendered flint rubble and features a pantile roof. It is positioned at right angles to and set back from the street line, consisting of two storeys plus an undercroft.

The façade includes one off-centre door flanked by reeded pilasters and a decorated frieze, along with end and central 20th-century doors. There is a panelled door at the extreme right with a simple reveal. The scissor-brace roof was rebuilt in the 20th century, featuring one heavy cambered tie at the south end with mortices for wall bracing.

The undercroft is notable for its brick ribs and webbing, divided into four bays with a central stone column that has a moulded base and capital. Each bay is adorned with double-order diagonal ribs and wall arches. There is a blocked entrance on the east side and lighting niches with moulded brick-on-edge heads. The undercroft is also scheduled as an Ancient Monument.

Local climate

Old Post Office Yard Behind Number 19 to Right of Carriage Arch 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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