HODs tours of Anteros

What a sunny weekend we've had for HODs, it has been great seeing so many people out on the streets with maps and an enormous amount of enthusiasm for some of the best built heritage in the country!


We spent our second day of HODs tours at the Anteros Art Foundation today which is housed in a building once split between various C15th shops and then turned in to a magnificent trading hall and house in 1536-40 by Edmund Wood, mayor of Norwich. Lesser known in the cities heritage landscape the building boasts the longest Tudor window of it's type; a staggering 20 feet long, a beautiful wooden door with some curious carved images of seeds or crops in the spandrels and some amazing wooden ceilings and fire places, all lovingly restored.

We day dreamed about the possibility of Queen Elizabeth I visiting the great first floor trading room, once hung with rich tapestries, worsted and velvet. Edmund's son Robert was the Mayor during her visit, he presented her with a silver cup and no less than two orations (although she couldn't stick around to hear the second apparently, he wrote it down for her instead). He must have done a pretty good job of hosting her majesty nonetheless since she not only left with tears in her eyes but rewarded him with a knighthood shortly afterward her visit.

If you're interested in tours of Anteros at other times of the year please get in touch with us or them and we'll endeavor to take you around.