Pub Heritage Gatehouse
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Norfolk - Norwich
Two star - A pub interior of outstanding national historic interest
This pub is currently closed (since 01/04/2023)
Listed Status: II
391 Dereham RoadNorwich
NR5 8QJ
An attractive ‘improved’ public house in a free vernacular style, completed in 1934 by Norwich brewers Morgans. There are, following some amalgamations in the 1970s, two bars with many original fittings. The public bar, with its original counter and back fitting, has been knocked through into what is now the games room (which has a fine semi-circular termination). The mullioned windows feature stained-glass roundels depicting symbols connected with the Bayeaux Tapestry. At the back are a loggia and extensive gardens leading down to the River Wensum.
An attractive 'improved' public house in a free vernacular style completed in 1934 for Nrworch brewers Morgans. Its mullioned windows featuring stained glass roundels of with various symbols relating to the Bayeaux Tapestry. The porch on the front of the pub was added in the 1970s in the style of the original building. The interior is panelled throughout.
On the right there was a passageway leading to the small counter - this was the original off-sales. In the 1970s the wall separating the off-sales and the snug on the right was removed. The public bar retains the original counter, bar back with old till drawer and a cigar cabinet with leaded windows. The original brick fireplace remains and in the mid 1980s panels were removed from either side of it to make access easier. To the left of the main bar a wall was removed in the early 1970s to link it with what is now a games room in the splendid circular tower-like section on the left of the building, which has its own entrance on the left side.
You will notice a small alcove just past the dividing wall - this was the original ladies which moved to the rear of the pub in the 1970s and involved shortening the original counter to what is now a small (disused) hatch. There is an original Tudor arch stone and brick fireplace in the games room. Note the decorative frieze of hops. The back door leads to an external staircase and at the bottom there is a loggia and extensive gardens to the River Wensum. A garden bar was added in the 1990s but is no longer in use.
Full Description
On the right there was a passageway leading to the small counter - this was the original off-sales. In the 1970s the wall separating the off-sales and the snug on the right was removed. The public bar retains the original counter, bar back with old till drawer and a cigar cabinet with leaded windows. The original brick fireplace remains and in the mid 1980s panels were removed from either side of it to make access easier. To the left of the main bar a wall was removed in the early 1970s to link it with what is now a games room in the splendid circular tower-like section on the left of the building, which has its own entrance on the left side.
You will notice a small alcove just past the dividing wall - this was the original ladies which moved to the rear of the pub in the 1970s and involved shortening the original counter to what is now a small (disused) hatch. There is an original Tudor arch stone and brick fireplace in the games room. Note the decorative frieze of hops. The back door leads to an external staircase and at the bottom there is a loggia and extensive gardens to the River Wensum. A garden bar was added in the 1990s but is no longer in use.
