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Cromer Hall is a country house located one mile south of Cromer on Holt Road, [1] in the English county of Norfolk. [2] The present house was built in 1829 [ 3 ] by architect William Donthorne . The hall is a Grade II* listed building.
The site they selected was on the west side of Prince of Wales Road and the foundation stone was laid by Mrs Benjamin Bond-Cabbell of Cromer Hall on 3 January 1890. [3] The building was designed by George Skipper in the Queen Anne style, built in red brick with a stucco finish by Chapman and Son of Norwich and was completed later that year. [1 ...
Cromer (/ ˈ k r oʊ m ər / KROH-mər) is a coastal town and civil parish on the north coast of the English county of Norfolk. [2] It is 23 miles (37 kilometres) north of Norwich, 116 miles (187 kilometres) north-northeast of London and four miles (six kilometres) east of Sheringham on the North Sea coastline.
The current lifeboat station on the end of Cromer Pier was re-built between 1997 and 1999 to replace the smaller 1923 one which was re-located to Southwold in Suffolk where it is used as a lifeboat museum. The new boathouse cost approximately £3 million which was funded by bequests and private donations. [2]
It measures 240ft (73.2m) long, 68ft (20.7m) wide and 92ft (28m) high. The roof was originally supported by two rows of pillars but in 1399 Richard II wanted to make the hall more impressive by ...
Following the arrival of the railway into Cromer in 1877 (Cromer High station) and 1887 (Cromer Beach station), wealthy London lawyer, Benjamin Bond Cabble [4] of Cromer Hall proposed that land on the western outskirts of the town, be used to develop the town and attract wealthy holiday makers from the south east to Cromer. [4]
Skipper had an excellent reputation having designed Cromer Town Hall, the Grand Hotel and the Hotel Metropole (1893 now demolished) [9] in Tucker Street. The design for the new hotel incorporated the old building plus the neighbouring properties of Albert House and the Belle Vue Hotel. The building contractor was J. Smith of Norwich. The ...
Cromer Ecclesiastical 1910 Methodist Church & Church Hall, West St [2] Private 1893 25 Cliff Avenue, Three storey villa. [3] 1894 Cliftonville Hotel [4] for William Churchyard of Westbourne House, West Street, Cromer; 1895 30 Cliff Avenue, Three storey villa. [5] 1896 Seafields, 14–16 Cliff Avenue, pair of semi-detached houses. [6] 1897 Home ...