ROW SEVENTY ONE﷓

The massive chamfered oak beam supporting the covered east entrance, is reminiscent of times when the iron girder was not in use. Symonds the merchant resided in the house at the north‑west corner (Nathaniel Symonds).*2

Row seventy one is at the back of the houses facing Regent Street between the Quay and Howard Street. At the north‑west corner of this row is a house, formerly the property of Nathaniel Symonds, merchant, who died in 1793 aged 69. He was the son of Joseph Symonds by Jane Jordan his wife, Nathaniel Symonds and the grandson of Nathaniel Symonds and Mary Harper his wife. see King Street, and the Old White Lion *1

The 1936 row survey ‑ No. 2 is a good house with a mansard roof, occupied by a model yacht maker. Two or three small tenements on the south side which should be closed. Rest‑ business premises‑ perhaps allowing the row to be retained.

On the north‑west corner in Swinden's time were the remains of a further three rows, squeezed in between rows 68 and 70. Here now are the offices of the Norfolk and Norwich, Great Yarmouth Chamber of Commerce and Industry, formerly those of Eagle Star Assurance, and built as the premises of the National and Provincial Bank. The corner entrance on the edge of Regent Street is to the premises of Hill House Hammond Insurance Services. These are all part of the Bank Chambers, 23 Regent Street, with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry training department being on the second floor.

In 1994, the modern front of Watson's Estate Agents is one that visually ruins the facade. Swinden's map shows three buildings in the place of what is now nos.27 and 28 Hall Plain. No.28 is the building actually at the north‑west corner of the row. This has a fine oak front door and surround, and a carved vine‑leaf moulding above the windows. It has a mock‑tudor front, and is Miller Mitchell partnership, chartered surveyors. Passing into row 71, there is Bailey's Bar on the north side, lying at the back of the previously mentioned premises. This was last known as Greyfriars Wine Bar. In this row on the south side is a very old warehouse, owned by Bowers and Barr electrical services.

At the south‑west corner of row 71 is the "Gingham Kitchen", where we have for a while purchased sandwich lunches for the surgery meetings. Numbered 29 Hall Plain, this is a house of considerable antiquity.

The Occupants, Row Seventy One, 1886

(from Howard Street to Hall Plain)

Beales, T.

Cooper and sons, printers- Inland Revenue and Stamp Office

The Occupants, Row Seventy One, 1913

(from 62 Howard Street to Middlegate Street)

Ames, Walter, carpenter

The Occupants, Row Seventy One, 1927

(from 62 Howard Street to Middlegate Street)

1. Thompson, George

The Occupants, Row Seventy One, 1936

(from 62 Howard Street South to 29 Hall Plain)

1. Thompson, George

(note the changing street names)