County Hall, Norwich
| County Hall, Norwich | |
|---|---|
 County Hall | |
  County Hall Location within Norfolk | |
| General information | |
| Address | Martineau Lane, Norwich, Norfolk |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 52°36′54″N 1°18′26″E / 52.6150°N 1.3073°E |
| Completed | 1968 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Reginald Uren |
County Hall is a municipal facility at Martineau Lane in Norwich, Norfolk.
History
Originally meetings of Norfolk County Council had taken place in the Shirehall in Market Avenue.[1] By the 1960s the County Council were seeking a larger facility and identified a site which was occupied by a country house which had been commissioned by Dr Philip Meadows Martineau, a clinician at Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, in 1793.[2] The house had been acquired by Jeremiah Colman MP in 1877 and was demolished to make way for County Hall.[2]
The new county hall building was designed by Reginald Uren.[3] Built with a steel and reinforced concrete frame and faced with glazed tiles and brick, it cost £2.5 million.[4] Norfolk Police were accommodated within the building alongside the council chamber and committee rooms.[4] The building was officially opened by the Queen on 24 May 1968.[5] In August 2013, English Heritage decided not to list County Hall as the building did not meet the criteria for listing post-1945 buildings.[4] A major refurbishment of the building was carried out at a cost of circa £60 million between 2013 and 2019.[6]
References
- ^ "History of Norfolk County Council". Norfolk County Archives. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Distinguished doctor who lived in fine style". Norwich Evening News. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Wilson, Bill (2002) [1962]. Norfolk 2: North-west and South. Pevsner Architectural Guides. Yale University Press. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-300-09657-6.
- ^ a b c "County Hall". Norfolk Heritage Explorer. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ "Queen opens new County Hall". Anglia Television. 1968. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ "As Norfolk faces cuts and council tax hike, revamp bill for County Hall soars by extra £24m". Eastern Daily Press. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.