NHER 46536 (Building record) - War Memorial Hall, Norwich Street

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Summary

A red brick building built around 1810 to 1815.

Protected Status/Designation

Location

Map sheet TF91SE
Civil Parish DEREHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Map

August 1972. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description Excerpt:
"Around 1810-15, red brick, rusticated pilasters at flanks. 3 storeys. Three 4-light casements with glazing bars and segmental heads, at 1st and 2nd floors. Tiled roof, hipped, 1st floor band. Central entrance with Ionic pilasters and segmental pilasters and segmental pediment. "
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
M. Dennis (NLA), 13 September 2006. Amended E. McDonald (HES), 18 December 2019.

The building began life as a coach building works and was converted to a memorial hall around 1920. The present blank arcading on the ground floor replaces shop fronts, but the tall pedimented entrance noted above is also a later alteration, as shown by a photograph of 1918 displayed in an exhibition in Dereham in 2007.
E. Rose (NLA), 24 September 2007.

August 2009.
Proposals to convert the memorial hall into a concert venue.
See (S2) and (S3) for further details
H. White, (NLA), 19 August 2009

July 2011. Eastern Daily Press.
The 200 year old listed building has had £2.6 million spent on it to revive it as an entertainment venue, and is set to reopen in December.
See (S4) for further details.
D. Lefeuvre (HES), 1 August 2011.

  • --- Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 294.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1306403.
  • <S2> Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2009-2010. [Articles on the proposed plans for the Memorial Hall, Dereham].
  • <S3> Publication: 19 August. 2009. Ambitious new plan for Memorial Hall.
  • <S4> Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2010-2011. [Articles on the restoration project at Memorial Hall, Dereham].

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Record last edited

Dec 18 2019 2:22PM

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