Old Assembly Rooms and the remains of St Mary's College

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History & significance

Old Assembly Rooms and the remains of St Mary's College is a complex of historic structures located in Norwich, Norfolk, comprising both post-medieval and medieval elements. The site retains evidence of St Mary's College, a medieval religious foundation, alongside the Assembly Rooms, which dates from the eighteenth century and served as a public meeting space characteristic of Georgian urban development. The surviving physical remains include fragmentary medieval masonry and structural elements from the college buildings, overlaid by the later Assembly Rooms structure that reflects the site's adaptation and reuse during the post-medieval period. The monument represents an important palimpsest of Norwich's religious and social history, demonstrating continuity of occupation and changing uses of urban space from the medieval period through the Georgian era.

Old Assembly Rooms and the remains of St Mary's College is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003150. View the official record →

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