It consists of what was originally two individual but almost identical warehouses from circa 1800 which were merged into one building in the 1860s and has now been converted into apartments.

The name, which is of modern origins, refers to Snorrebroen, the bridge that carries nearby Sankt Annæ Gade across the canal.

It was built in 1799-1800 for Hartvig Marcus Frisch who was director of the Royal Greenland Trade Department.

He traded in colonial goods from the nearby Danish Asiatic Company but died on 3 July 1800 before the warehouse was completed.

The building stands on a foundation of sandstone from Bornholm and consists of three storeys and a Mansard roof with two two-storey wall dormers.