Description

SD 84 SE COLNE ALBERT ROAD

7/78 and 11/78 Norway House
(formerly Co-operative
13.1.83 Emporium)

- II

Co-operative stores. 1906. Stone. Slate roof. 3 storeys (Basement floor in
western block). 8 bays. Ground floor has shop fronts under cornice with carved
art nouveau corbels illustrating co-operative movement. First floor has wide
windows with leaded lights in the heads, except for 4th bay where (over segmental-
arched entrance to arcade) there is a 4-light mullion and transom window with
wrought iron balcony railing. The 2nd floor windows are 3-light with transoms,
but the 2nd, 4th and 7th bays are distinguished by arched heads. 2nd and 7th bay
windows are Venetian. Mullions in pillar form. String continued over arch with
keystone. Shaped parapet with steep gables over the emphasised bays. Dome on short
colonnade stands over the junction with left return.

Listing NGR: SD8861140000

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26333070

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback