There’s not much left at Anglia Square now with the demolition of Sovereign House just about complete. I assume that the rubble will be removed over the next few weeks and then attention turns to what will replace it.
I’m still an advocate of restoring the original street alignment, even if it’s a pedestrianised route, so that Botolph Street makes a return.
A map of a very different Norwich. And I’ll take this opportunity to quote George Plunkett with respect to just one of the many beautiful buildings lost, namely the former King’s Arms at 38 Botolph Street. This historic pub was demolished in 1967 for the bloody awful Anglia Square.
“A much older building lost in the Anglia Square development was the King’s Arms public house at No 38, at the eastern corner of Calvert St. On its gable end in large iron characters were the letters “I” and “C” and the date “1646”, now preserved in one of the Norwich museums. Built of brick with a narrow stringcourse marking the first floor level, the house had pantiles at the front, with old English plain tiles covering the roof of the Calvert St wing.”
Fortunately, he photographed the pub long before it was pulled down.
