Their aim is to promote public access and knowledge of the building.

The Dragon Hall Heritage volunteers are a dedicated group of local historians and experienced tour guides who have been involved in interpreting and presenting the history of the Hall for many years. To find out more about the history of the building visit their website, which is packed with fascinating information →

The story of Dragon Hall is kept alive through the ongoing efforts of the independent Dragon Hall Heritage Volunteers. Any upcoming tours will be displayed below. They are free, but donations towards the building’s upkeep are greatly appreciated.īooking in advance is recommended as there is limited capacity for each event. Heritage tours of Dragon Hall take place on the third Monday of each month at 2pm and are led by the Dragon Hall Heritage Volunteers. Its survival gives us the opportunity to appreciate the skills of the 15th century timber craftsmen. Its centrepiece, the magnificent first floor trading hall, is 26 metres long, used more than 500 large oak timbers, was decorated with 15 dragons of Baltic oak and has a fine crown post roof. Dragon Hall is a rare example of a medieval merchant’s trading complex, built in about 1430 by a merchant, Robert Toppes.

There have been buildings on the site for more than a thousand years. You can find out about what we do by clicking here. The National Centre for Writing is based in the magnificent medieval Dragon Hall on King Street in Norwich. Dragon Hall, home to the National Centre for Writing

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