The 'Hanging Cloths' of Norwich
René Ammann | 2. February 2026
Grade II-listed on January 12, 2026, the Norwich Sports Village was designed by Swiss engineer Heinz Isler and built in phases between 1988 and 1991. (Photo: Historic England)
Years it took the former Norwich Sports Village, or “Hanging Cloths” sports site in Hellesdon, a village in Norfolk, England, to be granted listed status: 38
The structure, now a health club attached to an airport hotel, is Isler’s only work in the UK, and one of just three large-scale shell concrete structures built there since the 1970s. (Photo: Historic England)