News and Press Releases
07/01058/F 29 St. Giles Street and the warehouse at the rear of 31 St. Giles Street
Demolition of existing workshop and storage buildings and redevelopment of the site with 17 residential units including the conversion of the upper floors of 29 St Giles Street A welcome tidying up of an area now given over to industrial sheds and a shining example of the benefits of employing an architect with flair.
[Developer: Freemancourt Ltd. Architect: David Marris]
The Norwich Society is hosting the AGM of the East of England Association of Civic Societies on November 3rd at the Mancroft Chantry.
Details from admin@thenorwichsociety.co.uk
Winners of the summer Picture Quiz Competition, co-sponsored by the Norwich Evening News, were invited to the Lord Mayor's Parlour at City Hall on the afternoon of October 10. The Lord Mayor welcomed the six winners and congratulated them on their observation of architectural detail on historic buildings in the City, before awarding them their prizes which had been donated by the Bear Shop of Elm Hill, Barrett and Coe of Castle Meadow and by the Norwich Society.
Sarah Cocke who took the pictures for the quiz, and Dr Jeremy Taylor, the Chairman of the Norwich Society attended. The wiiners:
1st Henry Simmons
2nd Shannon Trett
3rd James Hansell
1st Miss Claire Reynolds
2nd Mr John Doy
3rd Mrs P Turner
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The Society continues to be concerned about the condition of the Memorial Gardens and the delay in refurbishment. The City Council says it will be cleaned up for Remembrance Day and the restoration will be a priority.
NS members are invited to e-mail their views to
Charles Chaplin, long standing member of the Norwich Society and Blue Badge Guide, led a unique tour of The Lost Pubs of Norwich on Friday 7 September. Charles blended esoteric local history with social commentary and personal memoir in a delightful 1 1/2 hour tour that began at St Andrew's Plain and finished on Gentleman's Walk. Charles showed how until quite recently the social fabric of the city was underpinned and unified by its industries and working patterns. We hope there will be an opportunity for this walk to be repeated for members of the Norwich Society in 2008.
Star attraction? This was the condition of the Castle Mound in the first week of September - overgrown, rough, littered, unkempt. 
New PublicationThe Norwich Society has published the second booklet in its Map Guide series entitled Public Sculpture in Central Norwich. Preparation of the pamphlet is based on research by the Norfolk and Suffolk Recordings Archive for Public Sculpture, established by the Public Monuments and Sculpture Association and the University of East Anglia, with a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The text was written by Richard Cocke and photographs taken by Sarah Cocke.
The Norwich Society is very pleased to acknowledge a publication grant from the Paul Bassham Trust.
Copies will be distributed to members and educational institutions during 2007. Alternatively, Click here for a pdf version