St Julian's Church, Norwich

St Julian's Church, Norwich is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Norwich, England.[2][1]

St Julian's Church, Norwich
St Julian's Church, Norwich
52°37′29.4″N 1°18′02.4″E
LocationNorwich, Norfolk
CountryEngland
DenominationChurch of England
History
DedicationSt Julian
Architecture
Heritage designationGrade I listed[1]
Administration
ParishNorwich, St John the Baptist, Timberhill with Norwich St Julian
DeaneryNorwich East
ArchdeaconryNorwich
DioceseAnglican Diocese of Norwich
ProvinceProvince of Canterbury

History
Lithograph of St Julian's Church by James Sillett (1828), Norwich Museums Collections

The church was built in the 11th and 12th century.[1] St. Julian's is an early round-tower church, one of the 31 surviving parish churches of a total of 58 that were built in Norwich after the Norman conquest of England.[3]

The Lady Julian of Norwich, or Mother Julian, or Dame Julian, a 14th-century anchoress, took her name from the saint of the church,[4] which was dedicated either to Julian the Hospitaller or Julian of Le Mans. Her anchoress's cell was in a corner of the churchyard.[5]

By 1845 St. Julian's was in a very poor state of repair and that year the east wall collapsed. After an appeal for funds, the church underwent a ruthless restoration.[6] It was further restored in the 20th century,[7] but was destroyed during the Norwich Blitz of 1942, when in June that year the tower received a direct hit. After the war, funds were raised to rebuild the church by the architect A. J. Chaplin and reopened in 1953,[1] mainly to act as a Shrine Church for Julian of Norwich.[8]

It now appears largely as it was before its destruction, although its tower is much-reduced in height,[9] and a chapel has been built in place of the long-lost anchorite cell.[10]

The Friends of Julian have a shop and lending library in a hall at the corner of the street.[11]

The church is within the St John the Baptist's Church, Timberhill, Norwich parish which is part of the Diocese of Norwich.[12]

Architecture

The flint building has stone and brick dressings with a pantile roof. It consists of a nave, single-bay chancel, a south chapel with vestry with a circular west tower.[1] The tower includes a bell from around 1500 which was rehung in 1992.[13]

Organ

The church has an organ dating to 1860 by Henry Jones, which was installed here in 1966. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.[14]

References
  1. "Church of St Julian". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  2. The Buildings of England: Norfolk, by Nikolaus Pevsner. p.245. First Edition. 1962. Penguin Books Limited
  3. "Welcome". The Medieval Churches of Norwich. Archived from the original on 7 August 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  4. Groves, Nicholas (2010). The Medieval Churches of the City of Norwich. Norwich: Norwich Heritage Economic and Regeneration Trust (HEART) and East Publishing. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-9560385-2-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  5. "Julian of Norwich Shrine". St John the Baptist, Timberhill with St Julian's, Norwich. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  6. Upjohn, Sheila; Groves, Nicholas (2018). St Julian's Church Norwich. Norwich: The Friends of Julian of Norwich. pp. 17–18. ISBN 978-0-954-15246-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  7. Upjohn, Sheila; Groves, Nicholas (2018). St Julian's Church Norwich. Norwich: The Friends of Julian of Norwich. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-954-15246-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  8. "St Julian, Norwich". Norfolk Churches. Archived from the original on 4 September 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  9. "Blitz Ghpsts: Church of St Julian Norwich". Invisible Works. Archived from the original on 12 November 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  10. Upjohn, Sheila; Groves, Nicholas (2018). St Julian's Church Norwich. Norwich: The Friends of Julian of Norwich. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-954-15246-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  11. "Welcome to The Julian Centre". The Julian Centre. Archived from the original on 4 September 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  12. "Norwich: St Julian". A Church Near You. Church of England. Archived from the original on 16 January 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  13. "St Julian's Church, St Julian's Alley, Norwich". Norfolk Heritage Explorer. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  14. "NPOR N06503". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies. Archived from the original on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
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