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Title*

Mural of Ber Street Gates
County Norfolk   District Council Norwich City Council 
Civil Parish or equivalent Norwich  Town/Village* Norwich 
Road Ber Street 
Precise Location No. 174 Ber Street Gates Public House 
OS Grid Ref TG235077  Postcode NR1 
Previous location(s)  
Setting On building  Access Public 
Artist/Maker Role Qualifier
J. Moray-Smith  Sculptor(s)   

Commissioned by

 Morgan’s Brewery 

Design & Constrn period

 1938 

Date of installing

  

Exact date of unveiling

  

Category
Abstract Animal Architectural
Commercial Commemorative Composite
Free Functional Funerary
Heraldic Military Natural
Non-Commemorative Performance Portable
Religious Roadside, Wayside Sculptural
Temporary, Mobile Other  

Object Type
Building Clock Tower Architectural
Coat of Arms Cross Fountain
Landscape Marker Medallion
Mural Panel Readymade
Relief Shaft Sculpture
Statue Street Furniture War Memorial
Other Object Sub Type: Mural of Ber Street Gates

Subject Type
Allegorical Mythological Pictorial
Figurative Non-figurative Portrait
Still-life Symbolic Other

Subject Sub Type
Bust Equestrian Full-length
Group Head Reclining
Seated Standing Torso
Part Material Dimension
Mural plaque  Cement painted  Approx H & W 2 metres 

Work is
Extant Not Sited Lost

Owner/Custodian

 Ber Street Gates Public House 

Listing status
Grade I Grade II* Grade II Don't Know Not Listed

Surface Condition
Corrosion, Deterioration Accretions
Bird Guano Abrasions, cracks, splits
Biological growth Spalling, crumbling
Metallic staining Previous treatments
Other  
Detail: Repainted comparatively recently

Structural Condition
Armature exposed Broken or missing parts
Replaced parts Loose elements
Cracks, splits, breaks, holes Spalling, crumbling
Water collection Other
Detail:

Vandalism
Graffiti Structural damage Surface Damage
Detail:

Overall condition
Good Fair Poor

Risk
No Known Risk At Risk Immediate
Signatures/Marks  
Inscriptions  

Description (physical)

 The mural is set on the side of the Ber Street Gates Pub towards the original site of the Ber Street Gates. It shows the gate with portcullis flanked by one tower. This was the state of the gate in 1720 when drawn by J. Kirkpatrick. His drawings were reproduced in the engravings by Henry Ninham published in 1864. Moray-Smith followed the engraving closely adding some vegetation - the people and flags. 

Description (iconographical)

 The first references to Ber Street Gate are found in documents in the reign of Henry III in the second and third quarters of the 13th century. It guarded the road to the Castle. The remodelling of the gate financed by Richard Spynk is described briefly in an account of 1343 and inscription in Latin referred to the repair undertaken during Robert Freeman's period as mayor in 1680. It was demolished in 1807 

Photographs

 Date taken:  2/1/2007
Date logged: 

Photographed by:
Sarah Cocke

On Site Inspection

 Date:  2/1/2007

Inspected by:
Richard Cocke

Sources and References

 BOE I 309 http://www.norwich.gov.uk/webapps/citywall/29/report.asp 28/05/07 Hartley Alec and Chapman Spencer JOHN MORAY-SMITH A very public artist Ms Norwich Society 2006 Information from Leo Reynolds 

Database

 Date entered:  28/5/2007

Data inputter:
Richard Cocke