NHER 39328 (Structure record) - Cromer Pier

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Summary

The pier was built between 1900 and 1901 on iron girders and with a small pavilion at the sea end, with the modern lifeboat station built in 1996 to the rear.

Protected Status/Designation

Listed Building (II) 1049005: CROMER PIER

Location

Map sheet	TG24SW
Civil Parish	CROMER, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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November 1975. Listed, Grade II.
Pier, built 1900 to 1901 for Protection Commisioners after jetty destroyed 1897.
Short structure on iron girders with small pavillion at sea end adjacent to lifeboat house rebuilt 1997.
Other structures 20th century.
Information from (S1).
E. Rose (NLA), 20 May 2003.

1997. Building Survey.
Detailed record made of Cromer Lifeboat Station (built 1919) prior to its demolition and replacement.
See report (S2).
For further details.

October 2008.
The pier is to receive £1.4m repairs to metalworks and the decking will be replaced.
See (S3)
H. White (NLA) 19 December 2008

See detailed survey and plans in NIAS records (S4)
W. Arnold (HES), 18 January 2011.

Associated Sources (12)

--- SNF99427 Designation: English Heritage. 1990-2013. English Heritage Listing Notification. Notification. DNF5113.
--- SNF49212 Drawing: Various. Various. Architectural plans.
--- SNF55233 Monograph: Harbord, R.. 2001. The Piers & Jetties of Cromer, Norfolk: A survey of historical structures on the foreshore..
--- SNF58263 Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 444.
--- SNF74761 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1996. A fond farewell to lifeboat history. 11 December.
--- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 24 SW 4.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF52064 Unpublished Document: Lewis & Lewis. 1940. Plans.
<S1> SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1049005.
<S2> SNF52063 Unpublished Contractor Report: Brackenbury, M. 1997. Cromer Lifeboat Station 1919-1997. Michael Brackenbury Conservation Architect.
<S3> SNF71311 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2008. [Articles on the proposed repairs at Cromer Pier].
<S4> SNF57617 Archive: NIAS. Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society Records.

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Record last edited

Dec 12 2025 9:57AM