Norwich University of the Arts expands campus

Norwich University of the Arts (NUA) has acquired central Norwich venue 20 Bank Plain.

Work will now begin to transform the former banking hall into exhibition and performance spaces, student facilities and a café, after NUA confirmed it struck a deal with current owners The Lind Trust.

It will become the university’s 12th building in the creative quarter of the city.

NUA Vice Chancellor Professor Simon Ofield-Kerr expects the university to begin using the Grade-II listed building next year.

“It provides the opportunity to create spaces that combine teaching, research, exhibition and collection and public access way beyond our existing estate and will become an important centre for both the university and the city.”