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19-21 Bedford Street, Norwich is a medieval undercroft of 13th-century date, representing a substantial stone-built chamber that survives beneath the street frontage. The vaulted undercroft demonstrates the scale of mercantile investment in Norwich during the High Medieval period, when the city was among England's most prosperous urban centres. Such undercrofts typically supported timber-framed buildings above and served commercial and domestic functions, including storage. The survival of this masonry structure, now scheduled as an ancient monument, provides important archaeological evidence for the development and prosperity of medieval Norwich's mercantile quarter.
19-21 Bedford Street, medieval undercroft is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003945. View the official record →
19-21 Bedford Street, Norwich is a medieval undercroft of 13th-century date, representing a substantial stone-built chamber that survives beneath the street frontage. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003945.
19-21 Bedford Street, medieval undercroft is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1003945.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Late Neolithic or Bronze Age Henge type monument and D shaped enclosure 300m west of Twins Farm (3.3 km), Barrow cemetery 450m N of Markshall Farm (4 km), Moated site at the Manor House, Arminghall (4.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of 19-21 Bedford Street, medieval undercroft's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
19-21 Bedford Street, medieval undercroft stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.