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SWIFTS NORWICH Index
72 St. STEPHENS STREET St. STEPHEN FULL LICENCE CLOSED MARCH 1989
NORWICH BREWERY (Grand Metropolitan Estates)
Licensees :
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DUNCAN WARD
caretaker manager
1988 - 1989

March 1988 - Image by Barry Wilkinson.
Image by Barry Wilkinson - March 1988.
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The former (rebuilt 1963) TRUMPET.

Refurbished 1983 and renamed SWIFTS.

Closed March 1989.


  The Norwich Pub Survey of 1986, compiled by the Norwich Society, in association with Norwich City Council, assessed the house:-  
 
Approx date of building Listed Quality Pre-war fittings surviving
External Internal
1963 No 3 5 No
Series of long, narrow open plan bar areas with no real difference in decor or function between the areas.....
Neo Art Deco interior throughout inclining towards the modern revival of cocktail type bars.
Building facade is a series of very flat panels enclosed within a concrete frame. Decoration confined to the use of different materials, marble, brick, concrete and glass. Very typical of the period.