Green Dragon, Wymondham

Mid 15th-century timber-framed with flint and brick built to a standard hall-house plan. Prior to 1993 the Green Dragon had one of the most impressive historic interiors in the whole of Norfolk and even today is of significant 'true heritage' interest. The front door leads into a passage and at the rear is the distinct layout of a room split in two by a wooden partition forming settle seating and the tiny snug with a red quarry floor has an inglenook fireplace. There would have been hundreds of these snugs throughout England but the opening-up of the vast majority of them to create one large room makes the Green Dragon snug a remarkable survivor. Here the partition survives to the left and right but the central section which reached the ceiling was ripped out in 1993. A bench was added in 2004 across the missing section and so there is once again a tiny gap into the snug that is similar to the original one. The fireplace is a massive one of 1930s brick but the carved mantelpiece looks older and the latticed glass panels in the partition look like 1930s additions.

There have been recent changes to the bar itself - it was originally much smaller, more like a tiny servery with the handpumps on the back wall. Note the small door to the left of the fireplace with the words "To The Abbey' which is a fine example of one of the biggest of all pub myths "There is a tunnel to the, usually, the church from the pub cellar - behind the door is a....cupboard!! The bare wooden floored lounge at the front of the pub is now more of a dining room but originally was a shop. It has another 1930s brick fireplace and service via a tiny hatch cut into the door to the servery. Other 1930s changes include the adding of the ladies toilets - note the period 'Ladies only' illuminated sign. There is a figure '1' on the door to the cellar and '2' on the door to the bar. A third small room beyond the bar has been brought into use in recent years.