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Dereham Assembly Rooms
Heritage Open Day: The Dereham Assembly Rooms were built in 1756 and are not normally open to the public. Come along and imagine the early encounters of Jane Austen’s Miss Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy in just such an impressive setting. The imposing Georgian brick building was built shortly after Thomas Ivory remodelled the celebrated Assembly House in Norwich, and sixty years before a similar building was built in Swaffham. This is an indication of an increasingly affluent group of merchants and gentry in the Dereham area whose social life was becoming more focused on the local urban community.
Sat 7 Sep to Saturday 14 Sep 2024
Dereham Assembly Rooms, Ruthen Place, Dereham, Norfolk NR19 2TX
Sat 7 Sep:1000 - 1600; Sat 14 Sep:1000 - 1600; Free Entry.
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