Norman George Bridgman was born in Torquay, Devon, England on 5 November 1869. He was articled to Sydney George Goss in Torquay, Devon, England from 1884 to 1888 and to his father, Sydney George Bridgman (1839-1925) from 1888 to 1890. He remained with his father for a further year as his assistant. He also worked as an assistant to Dr. W. Corfield in Savile Row, London in 1891-92. He qualified as an architect in 1892 and was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) later that year.
Bridgman commenced independent practice as an architect in Torquay and Paignton, Devon in 1892 and was in partnership with his father until 1892, with his brother, Walter Henry Bridgman, until 1918, and with his son, Gerald Soudon Bridgman (1898-1964) from 1922 to 1933 when he retired.
Norman George Bridgman was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1920. He died in Cape Town, South Africa on 7 September 1933.
New Branch, Royal Colonial Institute, Bristol; additions Henbury Court, near Bristol; Unitarian Church and Lecture Hall, Torquay; "Windward" Dawlish; Wilts and Dorset Banking Premises at Teignmouth and Paignton; Congregational Church Schools, Teignmouth; Co-operative Societies' business premises, Brlxham, Paignton, Buckfastleigh, and Torquay; Wesleyan Church, Totnes; additions to the Manor House, Torquay, for Sir F. Layland Barratt, Bart., and to Primley, Paignton, &c., &. [Source: Who's Who in Architecture 1914]
Royal Colonial Institute, Bristol, 1913; additions to Henbury Court, Bristol, 1912; the Manor House, Torquay, 1912: and Lloyds Banks at Teignmouth and Paignton, 1910; Wesleyan Church, Totnes, 1002; residence, "Windward", Dawlish, 1904; additions to Lecture Hall, etc., Congregational Church, Teignmouth, 1903; and "Kingswear Court", S. Devon, 1920; Holiday Home, Weston-super-Mare, 1914; business premises at 125, Edgware Road, London, 1923, and 63, Tottenham Court Road, London, 1922; and at Rugby, 1914, St. Leonards-on-Sea, 1915, Swindon, 1912, Torquay, Paignton, Brixham, Teignmouth, etc., etc. [Source: Who's Who in Architecture 1923]
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 1: A-K. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001
Who's Who in Architecture 1914. London: Technical Journals Ltd., 1914
Who's Who in Architecture 1923. Edited by Frederick Chatteron. London: The Architectural Prsss, 1923