Heigham Street (Norwich)

Higham

Above postcard, date 9 September 1881, kindly sent by Mark Jennings. Above building showing the Mews built 1615. Formerly the Bishop's House.

I am informed by Andrew Rootes that this pub, is actually at Heigham Street, Norwich, and is nothing to do with Higham in Kent.

Above photo, circa 1840s.

Above painting showing Bishops House, 1862, painted by Frederick Brett Russel.

Above photo, circa 1930s.

Above photo, 1930s.

Above photo showing war damage in 1942.

Above photo, date unknown.

Above photo, circa 2024.

A house formerly known as Bishop Hall’s Palace showing a date of 1615 on the east wing although other parts are likely to have been older, as a date of 1595 used to be shown on another gable end. The house is known to have been built for the Sheriff of Norwich, Richard Brown and a date of 1587 is documented for that, although the build may have also incorporated earlier features.

It is definitely an old building which became a pub in the early 1700s and continued until 1942 when it was badly damaged by an incendiary bomb. The owners, Steward & Patteson, rebuilt the damaged structure after the war and it was reopened as a pub in 1960. Unfortunately, in 1999, the owners at the time decided to close the pub and later offered it for sale as a private dwelling. In 2001 it was again damaged by fire but was rebuilt and has since become a chiropractic practice.

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