Norwich Public Buildings

Public buildings 00 [ Shirehall Chambers Market Avenue (built 1908-09 as an extension to the Shire House to house departmental office), Shire House Market Avenue (erected 1822 - enlarged 1887 - architect William Wilkins the younger), County Hall Martineau Lane (opened 24th May 1968 by H.M.Queen Elizabeth II - architect Reginald H.Uren) ]

Public buildings 01 [ Magistrates’ Court House St Martin’s Palace Plain (erected 1985 - designed by Frank Tucker County Architect), Crown Court House Bishopgate (erected 1987-88), Corn Exchange Exchange Street (opened 9th November 1861 - designed by Thomas Barry & H.Butcher - building contractors Lings & Balls - roofing contractors Barnard Bishop & Barnard) ]

Public buildings 02 [ Norfolk and Norwich hospital: Central block (erected 1882 - architects T.H.Wyatt and E.Boardman), Part of original 1771 building (incorporated into the 1879-83 outpatient department), Dispensary and visitors’ waiting room St Stephen’s Road (built 1927) ]

Public buildings 03 [ Norfolk and Norwich hospital: Outpatient department (opened 1971) and Maternity block (completed 1968), Main ward block (completed 1974 - architect Michael Everitt) ]

Public buildings 04 [ Bethel hospital: North front (reconstructed 1899 - architect E.Boardman), South front from site of Ladies’ croquet lawn (18c. - Carpenter Richard Starling - Mason Edward Freeman), “Cells” on west side of precinct (from site of Ladies’ garden) ]

Public buildings 05 [ Head Post Office Agricultural Hall Plain (erected 1866 as the Crown Bank - architect P.Hardwick), Royal Mail Sorting Office Crown Road, Norfolk and Norwich Agricultural Hall (erected 1882 - architect John Bond Pearce) ]

Public buildings 06 [ Anglia House (built 1982 - architects Feilden and Mawson), Thorpe Railway station (rebuilt 1886 - architect G.E.R.Co’s Engineer R.Wilson, St Augustine’s Swimming pool, Great Eastern Hotel 111 Prince of Wales Road (during demolition 12 October 1963) ]

Public buildings 07 [ Norwich Union offices: District office 19 Upper King Street, Surrey House Surrey Street (erected 1901 - architect George J.Skipper), Life Insurance office Westlegate (erected 1937), Old Amicable Insurance Society’s Gates (from Serjeants Inn London c.1842 - moved to Westlegate 1937) ]

Public buildings 08 [ Norwich union offices: North tower All Saints Green, Fire Wing Surrey Street, Crescent All Saints Green (built 1959-62 - architects Sir Thomas P.Bennett & Son ]

Public buildings 09 [ 7 London Street (built 1896 architect George Skipper), 9 Red Lion Street (built 1903 for Charles Larking Chartered Accountant - architect George Skipper), Haymarket Chambers 11 Haymarket (erected 1902 - architect George Skipper), Milk Marketing Board 4-14 Unthank Road (erected 1939 - architect -.Layton), Agriculture House 23 Ber Street National Farmers’ Union - Norfolk branch (erected 1952) ]

Public buildings 10 [ Blind Institute 132 Magdalen Street (rebuilt 1891), Knox Road Prison (opened 2nd August 1887 - designed by the Surveyor to the Prison dept and built by W.& T.Denne of Walmer Kent), A.King and Sons’ office 110 Ber Street (erected 1953), Norfolk House Exchange Street (erected 1951 - architect A.Wright - modelled from Halmstad Town Hall Sweden) ]

Public buildings 11 [ Newspaper offices: 7 St Giles’ Street (former “Daily Standard” office - architect George J.Skipper), 57 London Street (former Eastern Daily Press office - architects Edward Boardman & Son - Stone front designed by F.Graham Cotman - erected 1900), Redwell Street (Norfolk News Company office - erected 1959 - architects Yates Cook & Derbyshire), Prospect House Rouen Road (Eastern Counties Newspapers - erected 1969) ]

Public buildings 12 [ 30 London Street (London & Provincial Bank - built 1907 - architect George Skipper), 45-51 London Street (National Westminster Bank - erected 1924 - architects Palmer & Holden), 16-19 Market Place (Lloyds Bank - built 1928 enlarged 1936-37 - architect H.Munro Cautley), Bank Plain (Barclays Bank - erected 1927-30 - architects Brierly and Rutherford of York and Edwards Boardman of Norwich), Royal Hotel Agricultural Hall Plain (opened 16th November 1897 - architects Boardman & Sons) ]

Public buildings 13 [ Shops: Jarrolds 1-7 London Street (building commenced 1903 - architect George Skipper), Bonds All Saints Green (erected 1952 - architects J.Owen Bond & Son), Bonds extension 23 to 25 All Saints’ Green (erected 1938 - blitzed 1942), Peter Robinson’s Haymarket (built 1961), Marks and Spenser Rampant Horse Street (originally built for Bunting’s in 1912 - and early example of reinforced concrete - architect A.F.Scott - and attic storey of hanging tiles was destroyed in an air raid in 1942 and never replaced) ]

Public buildings 14 [ Assembly House Map ]

The Assembly House: Built 1754. Architect Thomas Ivory. Built on the site of the College of St Mary in the Fields. The College was founded some time before 1250 and suppressed in 1545. The site, after passing through several hands, came in 1609 to the Hobart family. A mansion known as Chapel Field House had been built here, the east and west wings of which were retained when in the mid-18th century the remainder was demolished and the present building erected. From 1877 until 1933 this was occupied by the Norwich High School for Girls. After the second World War it was restored as an Assembly House of Arts through the great generosity of Mr H.J.Sexton.

Public buildings 15 [ Assembly House ]

Public buildings 16 [ United Reformed Church Lecture Rooms Princes Street (17th January 1881 - architect Edward Boardman), St Swithin’s Hall St Swithin’s Alley (built 1908), Tudor Hall Rose Lane (built 1900), St Crispin’s Hall Pitt Street (opened 12th September 1939), Y.M.C.A. Recreation Hall Bethel Street (erected 1961-52) ]

Public buildings 17 [ Norfolk and Norwich Subscription Library Guildhall Hill (erected 1837 - architects Darkins and Blake), Lakenham First school Hospital Lane (built 1863 as Anguish’s Hospital School of Housecraft for Girls), Masonic Club 47 St Giles’s Street (Built 1905 - architect -.Havers), Norwich School of Art (former Technical Institute - built 1899 - architect A.E.Collins), Norwich City College (opened 8th October 1953 - architect J.G.Hannaford) ]

Public buildings 18 [ University of East Anglia (built 1965 - architect Denys Lasdun): Library, Norfolk Terrace residences, Central Court, Sainsbury Centre ]

Public buildings 19 [ Cavell House St Crispin’s Road, Westlegate House “Glass Tower” All Saints Green (under construction 1960-61 - architect E.G.Burgoine of Chaplin & Burgoine), Lads’ Club King Street (King George V Memorial Hall - built 1937), H.M.Stationery Office Anglia Square (opened 1969 - architect Alan Cooke) ]

Public buildings 20 [ Norfolk Tower Surrey Street (built 1971 - architects Furze & Haydon), Bus Station Surrey Street (opened 1936) ]

Public buildings 21 [ Former King Edward VI Middle school St George Street (opened 1862 - ceased 1910), 2 Prince of Wales Road and 19 Upper King Street, Burlington Buildings Orford Place (built 1904 - architect J.Owen Bond), 2 Upper King Street, Hotel Nelson Prince of Wales Road (built 1969 - architects: Feilden and Mawson) ]

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