Dragons in Sheep's Clothing

'Dragons have always been important to Norwich. They occur as symbols of the powerful Guild of St George, founded in 1385, originally a religious guild, later counting the freemen of the city as members' explains Sarah Knights, Director of Dragon Hall, an early fifteenth-century East Anglian cloth hall discovered in one of Norwich's most ancient quarters. Hidden under accretions and alterations, the hall was probably opened for business around 1420.

Dragon Hall had been owned by a local brewery, who embarked on a feasibility scheme for the property in 1979. They called in the city's archaeologists and architects, and this first exploration of the house on King Street revealed some big; surprises. Whilst crawling around up in the roof someone noted crownposts; which meant it certainly was not what it appeared to be – a block of seventeenth-century houses.