The Briton'S Arms is a Grade II* listed building in the Norwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1954. A Medieval Restaurant. 4 related planning applications.
The Briton'S Arms
- WRENN ID
- tenth-keystone-grove
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Norwich
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1954
- Type
- Restaurant
- Period
- Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TG 2308 NW ELM HILL (south-east side) 16/316 26.2.54 No.9. (The Briton's Arms) GV II* Former beguinage, now restaurant. Early C15 and later. Timber frame. Rendered. Thatched roof. Brick ridge-chimney. 3 storeys and cellar, one bay to gable front with bracketed first and second floor jetties. Only a second-floor jetty on right side elevation. High rendered plinth. One step up to C19 half-glazed door to left. One C19 ground-floor window with large panes. One mullioned first-floor casement of 6-lights. Scattered fenestration on side elevation includes 3 mullioned casements, one with leaded lights. Plain barge-boards. Current repairs revealed second floor to be arcaded, which is to be left exposed on West and South elevations. Interior has door with 2-Centred head and fireplaces on all floors. Reputed to be the only house in Elm Hill to escape destruction by fire in 1507 and one of the few remaining thatched roofs in Norwich.
Listing NGR: TG2319308827
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