There were attempts in the eighteenth century to create uniform groups of domestic buildings- a few similar buildings placed in a row creates a terrace. These could be in many shapes and sizes- long or short, curved to form a cresent, or rectangular forming a square. While in larger towns terraces might be quite extensive, in the small towns it was more common to find units of two houses: It was actually cheaper to build in pairs than singly and in the more prospering towns of the survey there were examples of small groupings of houses, such as 51- 55 Mere Street in Diss, and 8-12 High Street in Downham Market, or 'The Crescent' at Cromer, shown below.




The Cresent at Cromer- an impressive Georgian terrace facing out to sea.

Lime House, Burnham Market. This has an impressive doorway constructed of a pediment supported on two columns. It is an example of an impressive town residence in a central location.



Fakenham market place. Note the number of Classical buildings. The house with the fanlight above the door was built for the Peckovers, an East Anglian banking family in 1757, and the building next door to it is probably the site of Fakenham's first bank of 1782.

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