Numbers 2 To 4 Including The Norfolk And Norwich Subscription Library

Numbers 2 to 4, including the Norfolk and Norwich Subscription Library, is a former library that is now used as a court office and shops. It was built in 1837 by J.T. Patience. The building is constructed of yellow brick with masonry dressings and has slate roofs. It features a recessed block with long wings that return to the street line, presenting 4- and 2-bay fronts over two storeys.

The central entrance has a double door framed by a tetrastyle Greek Doric portico with a pediment, accessed by three steps. The frieze of the portico continues as a stringcourse along the facade, supported by pilasters. The center of the facade projects slightly and contains a sash window with glazing bars and an eared surround. There are four pilasters on the first floor, and a triple frieze-cornice, with the center one displaying the word 'Library', topped by a pediment.

The wings of the building rise three storeys plus a semi-basement and consist of 11 bays, with the central four bays recessed. Sash windows with glazing bars and rubbed brick flat arches are present throughout, along with masonry bands at the ground and first floor levels. The building has a parapet and features 19th and 20th-century altered shopfronts that extend three bays along the wings. A carriage entry is located at the extreme left side of the street facades, with a 19th-century fascia between consoles above the left-hand shopfront. The right shopfront, adjacent to the carriage entry, has a triglyph frieze extending from No. 1 Guildhall Hill, along with decorative ironwork balustrading above the frieze. Sash windows with glazing bars and rubbed brick flat arches are found on the first floor, while the second floor windows are positioned beneath a cornice.