Norwich Municipal Offices to 1938

	Bethel St 69 [1419] 1936-09-20 Municipal offices until 1938. Sanitary department. Formerly a boarding house.
	Duke St 5 Electricity works floodlit [1634] 1937-05-13 Municipal offices until 1938. Electricity department.
	Duke St 4 Electricity works floodlit [1633] 1937-05-13 Municipal offices until 1938. Electricity department.
	Market Place west side [0292] 1934-09-16 Municipal offices until 1938. The right-hand block was originally the Oxford Hotel and was acquired by the corporation in 1876. The whole block was subsequently purchased and used by the Town Clerk's, City Engineer's, and Estate Surveyor's departments.
	Market Place 43 Waterloo PH Black Prince PH [1360] 1936-08-30 43 Market Place and The Butchery. Municipal offices until 1938 (Estates department). Few people regretted the passing of the old Municipal Buildings, least of all those that worked there. Standing on the west side of the square, the offices were housed in a block largely made up of late 19c public houses and hotel buildings. The little corner at the south end, however, was much older. These were once the Black Prince and the Waterloo taverns - the former with its gabled roof, and the latter with its balcony and wide bay windows, of which full use was made, no doubt, in the 18c and 19c when electioneering produced such lively scenes. Together these buildings paired admirably in both age and appearance with the nearby Sir Garnet Wolseley.
	Market Place Tin Hut police office [1420] 1936-09-20 Municipal offices until 1938. Police offices and drill hall, called the Tin Hut.
	Market Place building N side from Gaol Hill [1421] 1936-09-20 Municipal offices until 1938. From the passing of the Municipal Corporation Act in 1835 until the opening of the new City Hall in 1938, the ever-increasing duties of local government imposed a need for more accommodation to house its administrators. As long ago as 1898 the need for a new single building was recognised, but although plans were made, the advent of the Great War prevented their realisation.
	Market Place west side coronation floodlit [1632] 1937-05-13 Municipal offices until 1938.
	Market Place building rear [2291] 1938-04-11 Municipal offices until 1938. From St Peter's St, view east.
	Market Place Guildhall east side [0299] 1934-09-23 Municipal offices until 1938. The annexe to the south was reconstructed in 1861 for the Town Clerk's and Police departments.
	St Andrew St 11 Public Assistance Office [1121] 1936-07-13 Municipal offices until 1938. Registrar's and Public Assistance departments. Previously the Guardians of the Poor. Built 1839 as the Norfolk and Norwich Literary Institute.
	Museum Court RC priest's house and chapel [1067] 1936-06-28 Municipal offices until 1938. Registrar's and Public Assistance departments. Previously the Guardians of the Poor. Originally a Catholic chapel and priest's house.
	St Giles' St 41 to 43 [1397] 1936-09-15 Municipal offices until 1938. Education and Treasurer's departments. Formerly insurance offices, architect G.J.Skipper, 1906.
	St Giles' St 45 [1391] 1936-09-11 Municipal offices until 1938. Education department. Formerly a private residence. Before c1900, numbers 45 and 47 St Giles' St were called numbers 22 and 23 St Giles' Broad St.
	St Giles' St 22 [1411] 1936-09-17 Municipal offices until 1938. Parks and Gardens department. Formerly a private residence.
	St Giles' St 68 Churchman House N facade [0495] 1935-04-22 Municipal offices since 1921. Public Health department. Formerly a private residence. Before c1900, number 68 St Giles' St was called number 59 Upper St Giles' St. Quite recently it was renumbered again as 71 Bethel St.
	Surrey St 10 Water department [1435] 1936-09-22 Municipal offices until 1938. Water department.

Text and photographs copyright George Plunkett

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