Norwich Industrial Architecture

Industrial architecture 00 [ Bullard Anchor brewery (in 1973): Counting House and Directors’ office, Former Anchor Brewery Stores PH, Coslany Street frontage, Fermentation Hall ]

Industrial architecture 01 [ Bullard Anchor brewery (in 1998): Sculptured panel of an Anchor formerly at the base of Bullard’s brewery chimney, Gilded metal letting, Former Fermentation Hall ]

Industrial architecture 02 [ Steward and Patteson Pockthorpe brewery Barrack Street, Barnard, Bishop and Barnard Norfolk Ironworks Coslany Street (19th century), Yarn factory Whitefriars (1836-7 architect John Brown) ]

Industrial architecture 03 [ J. & J.Colman’s silo Riverside (being built 1933), R.J.Read’s City Flour Mills 237 King Street (built as the Albion spinning mill in 1837 for making worsted silk and mohair - it was afterwards converted for making confectionery until 1934), Grain warehouse river Wensum off King Street (disused), Riverside warehouse Mountergate (erected 1933 on the site of Spring Gardens) ]

Industrial architecture 04 [ Lambert’s tea and tobacco warehouse Hay Hill (19th century) , Chamberlin’s 30-34 Botolph Street (built 1903 - designed by A.F.Scott), Maidment’s shoe factory Westwick Street (after gutted by fire November 1932), Former weaving sheds behind 24 Magdalen Street (18th century) ]

Botolph Street: Chamberlin’s Factory

Industrial architecture 05 [ Brush factory 61a St George Street (built 1867 - converted to offices 1992), Coop bakery 111 Queens Road (built 1914 - architects E.Boardman and son), Heatrae 112-118 St George Street, Norvic shoe factory Colegate (built 1896 and 1906), British Rail coal depot Queens Road ]

Industrial architecture 06 [ Gas works St Martin at Palace Plain (19th century), Gas holder Gas Hill (built 1880) ]

Industrial architecture 07 [ Electricity power station (opened 1926), Water tower Quebec Road Jubilee floodlighting 1935 ]

Industrial architecture 08 [ Wherry press 14 Heigham Street (erected 1937), Caley’s Chapel Field chocolate factory and office block (built 1955 engineers F.Snow and partners), Former livery stables Orford Yard, Coop shoe factory Mountergate (wall retained to protect Parmentergate Court) ]

  European Route of Industrial Heritage

Text and photographs Copyright © G.A.F.Plunkett 2002

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