Marble Hall Norwich Aviva

An exhibition at aviva s marble hall will remember 12 of these men and tell the stories of their lives in the office and what happened to them after they enlisted.

Marble hall norwich aviva.

Marble hall one of norwich union s oldest and finest buildings is to be opened up as a public facility so it can be enjoyed by the people of norwich and visitors to the area. Marble hall one of norwich union s oldest and finest buildings is to be opened up as a public facility so it can be enjoyed by the people of norwich and visitors to the area. St helen s 1 undershaft london ec3p 3dq registered in england number 2468686. Surrey house is a working building.

Surrey house link is situated on surrey street. The main hall known as marble hall incorporates over 15 types of marble and it has a spectacular glass domed ceiling and contains an innovative edwardian air conditioning system. The collection is composed of the records of these companies and their historical constituents reflecting aviva s on going history. The 40 columns are made from marble originally destined for westminster cathedral.

The stunning marble hall in aviva s surrey house created using 15 different types of marble. Norwich union life insurance now aviva used to have 116 men working in norwich s marble hall. It was built from 1900 to 1912 to serve as the headquarters of the norwich union life insurance company renamed aviva on a site which had previously been occupied by a house owned by henry howard 1517 1547 earl of surrey and intended by his father the 3rd duke of norfolk as a residence when howard visited norwich. More than half the men left to serve in the great war and many never came back to their desks.

Originally the marble was destined for westminster cathedral however due to logistical difficulties the marble had to be sold on. My wife and i were privileged to see the magnificent marble hall of the aviva head office formerly norwich union insurance company during our visit to norwich. The aviva group archive was established in 2000 with the merger of cgu and norwich union. The marble hall at the headquarters of norwich union in surrey street norwich.

The palladian exterior is impressive but the interior is wow with 15 varieties of marble used to make 40 columns. We certainly believe in these hard times big companies in norwich like aviva need to have strong involvement in the city s heritage and there are plenty of ways this can be done. Today the building is home to aviva formally norwich union. Vat number 105 4373 00.