Dragon Hall stands on King Street in the heart of Norwich’s medieval city centre, a striking timber-framed building that dates back to the 15th century. Once a merchant’s trading house, it now operates as a museum exploring the commercial life and craftsmanship of medieval Norwich. The hall’s distinctive architecture, with its soaring crown posts and ornate timber work, reflects the wealth and status of the Norwich merchants who built and occupied it during the city’s golden age as an international textile and trading hub.
The museum interprets the building’s layers of history through exhibits, handling collections and interactive displays. Visitors can explore the ground floor undercroft, where goods were once stored, and climb to the upper chambers where merchants and their families lived and conducted business. Dragon Hall offers a rare glimpse into domestic and commercial life in a prosperous medieval city, and its restoration has revealed original features including wall paintings and decorative plasterwork. The building remains one of Norwich’s finest surviving examples of late medieval civic architecture.