NHER 26024 (Building record) - Birbeck Hall, Great Hospital

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Birbeck Hall was built in 1901 by E. Boardman, on the site of the medieval kitchens and brewhouse of the Great Hospital (NHER 624). This red brick and flint building has red brick and stone details and a pantile roof, and contains fragments of the medieval fabric from the previous buildings. The south bay adjoins the passage arch of Chaplain's house (NHER 26105), and has a Tudor-style arch bearing the date 1901. The Hall is considered to be a good example of Victorian/Edwardian Gothic Revival architecture.

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Map sheet TG20NW
Civil Parish NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

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Birbeck Hall, Great Hospital, Bishopgate.

February 1954. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description:
Hall 1901 by E. Boardman and including fragments of medieval fabric. Flint and red brick with red brick dressings and stone details, pantile roof. Two brick end chimneys, five bays defined by buttresses. South bay adjoins passage arch of Chaplain's house (NHER 26105) with Tudor-style arch bearing date 1901, in spandrels. Tall two-light mullioned and transomed windows. Stepped brick gables. Medieval masonry in buttresses on east side.
Information from (S1).

Situated on site of medieval kitchens and brewhouse (S2).

January-February 2016. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of adjustments to below-ground pipework beneath toilets.
These small-scale excavations encountered no archaeologically-significant features deposits.
See report (S3) for further details.
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.564).
P. Watkins (HES), 26 May 2024.

  • --- Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2010. The Norwich 12. 2 February.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 20 NW 118 [5].
  • <S1> Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1051369.
  • <S2> Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 278.
  • <S3> Unpublished Contractor Report: Bryant-Buck, H. 2016. The Great Hospital, Bishopgate, Norwich, NR1 4EJ. Archaeological Monitoring. NPS Archaeology. 2016/1288.

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May 27 2024 2:05AM

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