NHER 46183 (Building record) - Assembly Room

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Summary

The Assembly Rooms were built in 1756. The two storey building is of red brick with a pantile roof. The ground floor is currently used as local government offices.

Protected Status/Designation

Listed Building (II) 1077079: ASSEMBLY ROOM

Location

Map sheet	TF91SE
Civil Parish	DEREHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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North end of west side of Market Place. Assembly Rooms.
On own island site, the Assembly Rooms were built in 1756. Two storeys with arched upper windows (looking much later than its date). South façade with three arches on ground floor formerly open. Said to incorporate much older beams. Stands on the site of a town cross and gaol mentioned by (S1). A 1650 parliamentary survey calls these a 'ruinous prison house, a tollhouse (i.e. a town hall as at Great Yarmouth) and a pinfold (pound)'.
See (S2).
Now council offices and totally restored.
See (S3).
M. Dennis (NLA).

August 1951. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description:
"1756 with alterations, red brick and pantiles. Hipped roof. Overhanging wood eaves cornice. 2 storeys, 5 sash windows, arched at lst floor with glazing bars radial at head. Ground floor formerly open on south. Doorway with patterned fanlight. UDC offices at ground floor. NMR photographs."
Information from (S4).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S4) for the current listing details.
A. Cattermole (NLA), 30 August 2006. Amended E. McDonald (HES), 8 November 2019.

Associated Sources (7)

--- SNF7576 Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. pp 286, 288-289.
--- SNF58786 Newspaper Article: Dereham and Fakenham Times. 1990. Assembly Rooms scheme starts. 7 December.
--- SNF146 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1980-1981. [Articles on the restoration of Dereham Assembly Rooms].
<S1> SNF560 Documentary Source: Martin, T. c. 1700-1799. Collections of Church Notes. Norfolk Records Office. Walter Rye Collection. RYE 17.. 1740.
<S2> SNF2062 Article in Serial: Hollis, D. W. 1977. A Mid-Seventeenth Century View of East Dereham Manor. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXVI Pt IV pp 342-354. p 344.
<S3> SNF49212 Drawing: Various. Various. Architectural plans.
<S4> SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1077079.