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Elm Hill Cobbled Street
Recent work to install an electrical sub-station necessitated the removal of Dateline: August 5 2010. Brian Ayers at Bowthorpe
Brian Ayers, the Director of the Butrint Foundation and former County Archaeologist, gave a lively guided talk about the ruin and its excavation. Members enjoyed tea afterwards prepared by the Norwich Society Now-And-Again group. Wensum River Parkway Project - update!
The Norwich Society has joined with Norwich Heritage Economic and Regeneration Trust (HEART) and Norwich City Council in The Wensum River Parkway Project which is designed to re-establish the river as the natural artery through Norwich and act as a driver for tourism and leisure industries. Norwich is a river city and the river can act as a source of regeneration that benefits all its citizens. On December 11 2009, The WRP project hosted a Stakeholders’ Conference at the Great Hospital. The opening event was the unveiling by the Dean of Norwich of the second interpretative sign at Pull’s Ferry (see picture). The Bishop of Norwich was present. Afterwards the conference, in the Refectory of the Great Hospital by kind permission of the Master and Trustees, was opened by the Rt Hon Charles Clarke MP, and by Councillor Stephen Morphew, leader of Norwich City Council The Rt Hon Charles Clarke MP chaired the meeting. Presentations were made by After which there was discussion of the various possibilities for co-operation, partnership and projects. The guest List was as follows: The WRP Steering Executive will be assessing the discussions and releasing a summary in due course. VM Design for the Memorial Gardens
Dr Jeremy Taylor, architect, architectural historian and recent chairman of the Norwich Society, has been actively involved with the Advisory Group for the restoration and enhancement of the St Peter Street memorial Gardens. Paul Monchaux is the artist chosen to create the new sculpture to complement the back of the Lutyens War Memorial when it is repositioned. He has devised a sensitive work called ‘Breath’ that is both impressively authoritative against the scale of City Hall, yet sensitive in terms of the meaning and importance of the War Memorial itself. To see the design: Norwich City Website |
Home Sought for 3D model of City
The 6-foot square 3-D model of the centre of the city which used to sit comfortably in the reception area of the NCC Planning office in City Hall has been ousted from her plinth to make way for desks and chairs. She has found temporary lodging in the back bedroom of a Thorpe Hamlet Samaritan. Like all models she needs to be seen and admired. Perhaps there is an architect’s office, a museum, school or library that would give space to this excellent scale replica of the centre of Norwich. Photograph by Justin Barnard
The Howard House - King Street
Originally the Preservation Trust indicated that the developer was to undertake immediate repair and conservation, with a view to using it initially as a site office. The Society is anxious that given the important history of the house it will not remain neglected and that later the question of some public access can be discussed. It would be very suitable for pre-booked visits from local societies and for Heritage Open Days. Interview with Former Norwich Society Chairman - Alec Hartley
IT IS “A FINE OLD CITY, TRULY… VIEW IT FROM WHATEVER SIDE YOU WILL”, but some views of Norwich are looking distinctly more fine than others at present. As the city’s history comes under the spotlight during the current Heritage Open Days, that famous old phrase by George Borrow is less true than it has been at many times since he wrote Lavengro in 1851. At present the Guildhall is wrapped in scaffolding, the Castle mound is suffering from slippage, the Memorial Gardens are a mess, and Elm Hill is being blighted by heavy traffic and vandalism. Technical Consultation on the Joint Core Strategy
Changes to Government planning procedures have forced the Greater Norwich Development Partnership (GNDP) to issue a new document entitled Technical Consultation Regulation 25 (TCR25) on the Joint Core Strategy (JCS) for Broadland, Norwich and South Norfolk. We feel that the new document does nothing to change the opinions and reservations expressed in our response in February 2008 to the Joint Core Strategy Report (Issues and Options), but the extra information that it contains does require further comment. In addition, developments on the ground, in the form of transport infrastructure decisions and piecemeal planning permissions already granted by or in process with individual councils, may have begun to distort and undermine the JCS before it is even formulated. Those details that do emerge in the new document reveal a lack of strategic long-term planning vision that is in danger of producing a badly-flawed and unbalanced outcome for the Greater Norwich area. Full latest response click here • For original response click here |
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