Record Details
| NHER Number: | 46183 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | 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.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 98841 13432 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF91SE |
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| Parish: | DEREHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
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.
Monument Types
- (Former Type) ASSEMBLY ROOMS (18th Century to 19th Century - 1756 AD to 1900 AD)
- GOVERNMENT OFFICE (19th Century to 21st Century - 1900 AD? to 2100 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1980-1981. [Articles on the restoration of Dereham Assembly Rooms]. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Dereham and Fakenham Times. 1990. Assembly Rooms scheme starts. 7 December. |
| --- | Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, W. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. pp 286, 288-289. |
| <S1> | Documentary Source: Martin, T. c. 1700-1799. Collections of Church Notes. Norfolk Records Office. 1740. |
| <S2> | 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> | Illustration: Various. Various. Architectural plans. |
| <S4> | Designation: English Heritage. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1077079. |
Related records
| 2889 | Part of: Dereham Market Place (Place) |
| 46725 | Related to: 14 Market Place (Building) |