12 Iconic Buildings - Norwich, UK
12 Iconic Buildings, 1,000 Years of History.
1. Norwich Castle 1067 - 1075
Architecturally the most ambitious secular Norman building in Europe.
Open: Mon - Sat 10am-4.30pm, Sun 1pm-4.30pm
Tel: 01603 493625 - 01603 493648
Web: www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk
2. Norwich Cathedral 1096 - `1145
An iconic Norman cathedral and one of the most complete major Romanesque buildings in Europe.
Open: 7.30am-6pm daily subject to special Cathedral services.
Tel: 01603 218300
Web: www.cathedral.org.uk3
3. The Assembly House 1754 - 1755
One of the most glorious examples of Georgian assembly rooms architecture in the country.
Open: Mon-Sat 8.30 - 7.30pm Sunday Closed.
Tel: 01603 626402
Web: www.assemblyhousenorwich.co.uk
4. St James Mill 1836 - 1839
The quintessential English Industrial Revolution mill.
Web: www.norwich12.co.uk
www.jarrold.com
www.johnjarroldprintingmuseum.org.uk
5. The Great Hospital 1249
An exceptional set of medieval hospital buildings, in continuous use for more than 750 years.
Open: The Lodge Fridays 10am-12noon
Tel: 01603 622022
Web: www.greathospital.org.uk
www.thegreathospital.co.uk
6. The Halls - St Andrew's and Blackfriars' 1307 -1470
The most complete medieval friary complex surviving in England.
Tel: 01603 628477
Web: www.standrewshall.co.uk
7. The Cathedral of St John the Baptist 1884 - 1910
One of the finest examples of Victorian Gothic architecture in England.
Tel; 01603 724380
Web: www.sjbcathedral.org.uk
8. Surrey House 1900-1912
One of the most elegant and opulent Edwardian office buildings in Britain.
Tel: 01603 681062 /01603 681063
9. The Guildhall 1407 - 1424
England's largest and most elaborate provincial medieval city hall.
Parts of the ground floor are normally accessible daily
10. Dragon hall 1427 - 1430
A magnificent medieval merchant's trading hall, unique in Europe.
Tel: 01603 663922
Web: www.dragonhall.org
11. City Hall 1936 - 1938
One of the finest municipal buildings of the inter-war period in England
The Tourist Information Centre runs tours of City Hall.
12. The Forum 1999 - 2001
The landmark Millennium building for the East of England and a stunning example of 21st-century
design.
Tel; 01603 727950
Web: www.theforumnorwich.co.uk
Norwich Tourist Information Centre (TIC)
in The Forum
Tel: 01603 213999
Email: tourism@norwich.gov.uk
Web: www.visitnorwich.co.uk
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