NHER 26395 (Building record) - Theatre Royal

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Summary

The present theatre has 1930s Art Deco features and is located on the site of the 18th century theatre. In 1991 a post medieval boundary wall at the southwest angle of the building was demolished. This wall contained a number of medieval limestone carvings including tracery and a bishop's head stop. In 2005 plans were formulated to rennovate the theatre sometime in the near future.

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None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG20NW
Civil Parish	NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

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On site of 18th century theatre, present building stated in (S1) to have 1930s Art Deco features.

December 1991. Architectural Survey and Excavation.
Recording by NAU of wall at south-west angle of building before demolition.
Judged to be a boundary wall, perhaps of Dissolution date, and containing a number of limestone carvings including tracery and a bishop's head stop.
See report (S2) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S8).
An archive associated with this work has been deposited with Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2022.186).
NB. The wall is exactly at the location where 50in Ordnance Survey marks 'site of chapel (antiquity)'. Is this a coincidence for an inaccurate locating of the Chapel-in-the-Field?
E. Rose (NLA) 19 March and 21 July 1992. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 5 December 2022.

December 2005.
Plans for redevelopment of this building reported in (S3).
A. Cattermole (NLA) 22 August 2006.

See other press cuttings (S4), (S5), (S6) and (S7) in file.
T. Sunley (NLA) 30 October 2007.

Associated Sources (14)

--- SNF48832 Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1994. TG2208/ACJ, ACL, ACP - ACU.
--- SNF8808 Fiche: Exists.
--- SNF58263 Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 320.
--- SNF10045 Photograph: GWQ.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF8807 Slide: Various. Slide.
<S1> SNF1110 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1991-1992. [Articles on the remodelling of the Theatre Royal in Norwich].
<S2> SNF68748 Unpublished Contractor Report: Forrest, K. 1992. Excavation and Survey Report at the Theatre Royal, Norwich. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 54.
<S3> SNF65084 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2005. 'Ugliest' theatre to be reborn. 3 December.
<S4> SNF68747 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1992. Vast change of scenery for theatre reopening. 4 November.
<S5> SNF68746 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1992. Mystery find at theatre. 23 June.
<S6> SNF68745 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1992. Major changes that create 'a new theatre'. 4 September.
<S7> SNF281 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1992. [Articles on the finding of a medieval stone carving while demolition work was carried at the Theatre Royal in Norwich].
<S8> SNF6271 Article in Serial: Gurney, D. (ed.). 1992. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk in 1991. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLI Pt III pp 371-379. p 377.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)

Object Types (1)

ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Dec 5 2022 12:53PM