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Colne Road, CROMER, NR27 9DP

The Colne House Hotel was utilised during The Great War as a VAD Hospital. Today it has been divided into dozens of private residences and is generally inaccessible. The Hospital was the home of the Buxton family and opened with 40 beds on March 11th 1915. It was closed on 31st January 1919. During the intervening years it had admitted 634 patients. It was run by Mrs Frank Barclay who lived in Overstrand Road, Cromer. On Friday August 18th 1916 a garden fete was held in aid of the hospital. Despite heavy rain over 2,000 people attended. Instead of the Aunt Sally competition a new one named 'Killing the Kaiser' proved very popular. The band of the Royal Engineers were in attendance and entertained the crowds under the conductorship of Mr. T. Jarvis C.E. It was not revealed just how much money was raised.

I like the gables. Perhaps the clock tower contains the lift.

I'd call it a ginnel, but I don't know the Norfolk equivalent. It shows the local fashion for using beach stones as a building material.

... over the doorway of the former telephone exchange with the Royal coat of arms of George V. For an image of the building itself see Image Very little has been written about public service buildings such as telephone and labour exchanges, although post offices are receiving more attention.

Inter-war public service building designed by one of the architects (possibly David Dyke?) employed within the Office of Works government department. Common at this time was a simple neo-Georgian style, here enlivened by Dutch gable ends (used also at the nearby Holt post office), and an elaborate door surround.

The church of SS Peter and Paul > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/873410 - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/873425 has the tallest tower of any Norfolk parish church and three porches, the west porch > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/873401 being the most elaborately executed, with groined roof, image niches and decorated battlements. By 1757 the building was in such a derelict condition that total demolition was considered but with increasing visitor numbers to the newly-discovered seaside resort the architect Arthur Blomfield was brought in, in 1882, resulting in extensive restoration work. Furnishings and font > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/873431 date from that time; the south aisle east window > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/873424 is by Morris & Co (1874) and the chancel east window > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/873418 was made by Hardman & Co in 1875. The Rudland and Clark memorial windows > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/873438 in the south aisle depict scenes of local interest.

The church of SS Peter and Paul > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/873394 - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/873410 - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/873425 has the tallest tower of any Norfolk parish church and three porches, the west porch > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/873401 being the most elaborately executed, with groined roof, image niches and decorated battlements. By 1757 the building was in such a derelict condition that total demolition was considered but with increasing visitor numbers to the newly-discovered seaside resort the architect Arthur Blomfield was brought in, in 1882, resulting in extensive restoration work. Furnishings and font > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/873431 date from that time; the south aisle east window > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/873424 is by Morris & Co (1874) and the chancel east window > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/873418 was made by Hardman & Co in 1875. The Rudland and Clark memorial windows > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/873438 in the south aisle depict scenes of local interest.