NHER 63289 (Building record) - The Prince of Denmark, 140 Sprowston Road

This Public House was originally two separate buildings. The taller house to the left is brick while that to the right is built of brick and flint. Both are now completely painted.
See (S1) for details of exterior and interior features noted during The Norwich Pub Survey of 1986, undertaken by the Norwich Society in association with Norwich City Council. Although the approximate date of the building was recorded as mid/late 19th century it was noted that the brick and flint former house is of Georgian appearance.

The south-west facing exterior wall of the main building is decorated with a huge, elaborate, three-dimensional bas-relief panel depicting the Prince (husband of Queen Anne) on a white charger with a hawk on one fist. This was created by the well-known Norwich artist John Moray-Smith in 1937 and was one of a series of commissions for Morgans Brewery.
It was repainted in 2007 and 2015.
See (S2) for further information on this and Moray-Smith's other works in Norwich and beyond.

P. Watkins (HES), 8 April 2019.