Numbers 2 To 4 Including The Norfolk And Norwich Subscription Library

TG 2208 NE GUILDHALL HILL (north side) (formerly listed under Market Place) 15/364 5.6.72 Nos. 2 to 4 (consec).including the Norfolk & Norwich Subscription Library (No.2. formerly listed as separate item). GV II Former library, now Court Office and Shops. 1837 by J.T. Patience. Yellow brick with masonry dressings, Slate roofs, Recessed block with long wings returning to the street-line having 4- and 2-bay fronts. 2 storeys. Single wide bay. Central double-door with tetrastyle Greek Doric portico with pediment. 3 steps up. The portico frieze returns to become stringcourse on the facade supported by pilasters. The centre of the facade projects with one sash window with glazing bars and eared surround. 4 first-floor pilasters. Triple frieze-cornice, the centre one displaying 'Library'. Pediment. Wings:- 3 storeys plus semi-basement, 11 bays, the centre 4 recessed. Sash windows throughout with glazing bars and rubbed brick flat arches. Masonry bands at ground and first floor. Parapet. C19 and C20 altered shopfronts returning 3 bays along the wings. Carriage entry at extreme left-hand side of street facades, C19 fascia between consoles above left-hand shopfront. Corner and central pilasters. The shopfront to the right of the carriage entry has a triglyph frieze extending across from No.1. Guildhall Hill. Decorative ironwork balustrading above frieze. Sash windows throughout with glazing bars and rubbed brick flat arches at first floor. Second floor windows beneath cornice.

Listing NGR: TG2289908584