Norwich Other Places of Worship Norwich Other Places of WorshipRoman Catholic Cathedral:
Other places of worship 00 [ RC St John
the Baptist Map ]
”The Roman Catholic Church, dedicated to St John the Baptist, was begun in 1882 at the expense of His Grace the 15th Duke of Norfolk E.M. K.G. and the completed portion, opened on the 29th August 1894. The building is of stone, from designs by George Gilbert Scott M.A. and continued by his brother J.Oldrid Scott F.S.A. The style adopted was that of the first half of the 13th century. The nave consists of ten bays, extending from the west front of the central tower. On the north side are the baptistery and porch which project from the aisle. On the south side is the Lady Chapel. The length of the nave is 160 feet, and the external height 81 feet; the total length of the church is 275 feet. The font is of Frosterly marble, surmounted by a lofty oak canopy. The stained glass windows are extremely beautiful and are of the 13th century type. The rectory adjoins the church, which occupies a commanding site immediately outside St Giles’ Gate and is, except for Westminster Cathedral, the largest Roman Catholic church in England, and ranks amongst the finest modern and ecclesiastical buildings.” From “Kelly’s Directory of Norfolk” 1925.
The building is on the site of the old City Gaol, and was completed in 1910. In 1976 the Church was elevated to the status of a Cathedral upon the formation of the Roman Catholic See of East Anglia.
Other places of worship 01 [ RC St John
the Baptist ]
Roman Catholic Chapel and Priest’s House:
Other places of worship 02 [ Roman Catholic Chapel and Priest’s House
Museum Court: Ceiling
]
This Roman Catholic Chapel and Priest’s House was built in 1764 by Charles, the tenth Duke of Norfolk on part of the land on which once stood the Duke’s Palace. The next Duke, also Charles, who successes to the title in 1786 conformed to the Established Church and deprived the priest and his following of both house and chapel. In 1794 the chapel was let to the Norwich Subscription Library, and in 1839 was sold to the trustees of the Norfolk and Norwich Museum. In 1894 when the museum moved to the Castle, the building was taken over by the Board of Guardians.
St Andrew’s Street: Roman Catholic Chapel and Priest’s House
Roman Catholic Chapel Maddermarket, Roman Catholic School Willow Lane, Monastic Chapel Elm Hill, and St George’s Roman Catholic Church:
Other places of worship 03 [
Maddermarket (built as a Roman Catholic Chapel three years after the Catholic Relief Act of 1791 and later used by the Salvation Army - the building was converted into an Elizabethan Theatre by Nugent Monck in 1921), Roman Catholic School Willow Lane (built as a Chapel by the Jesuits in 1828 - architect J.T.Patience), Monastic Chapel Elm Hill (erected 1866 by Father Ignatius for use as a Benedictine Chapel - litigation forced its closure in 1876), St George’s Roman Catholic Church (built 1962-63 - architect J.Sebastian Comper) ]
Old Meeting House Colegate, Congregational Church Chapel Field East, United Reformed Church Princes Street, and Congregational Church Magdalen Road:
Other places of worship 04 [ Old Meeting House Colegate (Congregational - built 1693 - it is the oldest Nonconformist Chapel now existing in Norfolk), Congregational Church Chapel Field East (built 1858-62 in the Norman style - two turrets each 80 feet high - demolished 1972), United Reformed Church Princes Street (formerly Congregational - remodelled with new faced 1869 - architect Edward Boardman), Congregational Church Magdalen Road (opened 1902 - demolished 1971) ]
United Reformed Church Jessopp Road, United Reformed Church Unthank Road, First Church of Christ Scientist Recorder Road, Jewish Synagogue Earlham Road, and Christian Spiritualist Church Chapel Field North:
Other places of worship 05 [ United Reformed Church Jessopp Road (formerly Congregational - original building opened 1931 - enlarged 1969), United Reformed Church Unthank Road (formerly Presbyterian - opened 24th March 1956 - architects Edward Boardman and son and Bernard M.Feilden), First Church of Christ Scientist Recorder Road (built 1934 - architect Ibbotson), Jewish Synagogue Earlham Road (built 1968), Christian Spiritualist Church Chapel Field North (built 1936) ]
Methodist Tabernacle Bishopgate, and Providence Chapel Pitt Street:
Other places of worship 06 [ Tabernacle Bishopgate (built 1751-52 for James Wheatley a Calvinistic Methodist - later acquired by the Countess of Huntingdon’s Connection - architect Thomas Ivory), Providence Chapel Pitt Street (built 1769 for Methodists - acquired for the Strict Baptists early in the 19c.) ]
Methodist Chapel Calvert Street, St Peter’s Wesleyan Lady’s Lane, and Wensum Chapel Cowgate:
Other places of worship 07 [ Methodist Chapel Calvert Street (built 1810 - demolished in the 1960’s for construction of the “Inner Link” Road), St Peter’s Wesleyan Lady’s Lane (built 1824 - architect J.T.Patience), and Wensum Chapel Cowgate (built 1842 as a Primitive Methodist Chapel - purchased by the Christian Brethren 1947) ]
Wesleyan Reform Church Belvoir Street, Primitive Methodist Chapel Queens Road, United Methodist Chapel Chapel Field Road, Thorpe Road Methodist Chapel, and St Peter’s Methodist Church Park Lane:
Other places of worship 08 [ Wesleyan Reform Church Belvoir Street (opened April 1869), Former Primitive Methodist Chapel Queens Road (built 1872 - architect Edward Boardman), United Methodist Chapel Chapel Field Road (built 1880-81 - architect Edward Boardman), Thorpe Road Methodist Chapel (built c.1901 to design by A.F.Scott in memory of his father), St Peter’s Methodist Church Park Lane (built 1938-39 - architects E.Boardman & sons) ]
St Mary’s Baptist Chapel and Church St Mary’s Plain, Orford Hill Baptist Chapel Timberhill, Baptist Chapel Unthank Road, and Baptist Church Dereham Road:
Other places of worship 09 [ St Mary’s Baptist Chapel St Mary’s Plain (built 1810 - rebuilt 1951-52 - architect Stanley J.Wearing), Orford Hill Baptist Chapel Timberhill (built 1832) after conversion to warehouse 1981, Baptist Chapel Unthank Road (built 1874-75 - demolished 1954), Baptist Church Dereham Road (built 1906 - architect A.F.Scott) ]
St Mary’s Plain: St Mary’s Baptist
Octagon Unitarian Chapel Colegate, Surrey Chapel Surrey Street, and Surrey Chapel Botolph Street:
Other places of worship 10 [ Octagon Unitarian Chapel Colegate (built 1756 - architect Thomas Ivory): Gates (since moved to Norwich School in The Close), Surrey Chapel Chapel Loke Surrey Street (Ebenezer Baptist Chapel - built 1854 - demolished 1986), Surrey Chapel Botolph Street (independent Evangelical - adapted and extended in 1985 from the local HQ of the National Union of Footwear and Allied Trades) ]
Friends’ Meeting House Gildencroft, Friends’ Meeting House Upper Goat Lane, and St Paul’s Mission Magdalen Road:
Other places of worship 11 [ Friends’ Meeting House Gildencroft (opened 19th February 1699 - burnt out by air raid April 1942 - reconstructed in modified form 1958), Friends’ Meeting House Upper Goat Lane (built 1826 - architect J.T.Patience), St Paul’s Mission Magdalen Road (built 1893 - demolished 1956) ]
Mount Zion Centre Heartsease Lane, Full Gospel Hall St Giles’ Street, Mortuary Chapel Rosary Cemetery, Roman Catholic Mortuary Chapel, and Crematorium Earlham Cemetery:
Other places of worship 12 [ Mount Zion Centre Heartsease Lane (opened 1996 - architects Dennis Black Associates), Full Gospel Hall 70 St Giles’ Street (opened 11th March 1950 - constructed by volunteer members of the Assembly from plans drawn up by Pastor K.N.Pavitt who did much of the bricklaying - building extended 1957), Mortuary Chapel Rosary Cemetery (established by the Rev Thomas Drummond in 1821), Roman Catholic Mortuary Chapel Earlham Cemetery, Crematorium Earlham Cemetery (built 1963-64 incorporating the two Victorian mortuary chapels - the former Free Church chapel is now the Crematorium Chapel) ]
Text and photographs Copyright © G.A.F.Plunkett 2002
