Church of St Julian, Norwich

About

St Julian's is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Norwich, England. It is part of the Diocese of Norwich. During the Middle Ages, when the city was prosperous and possibly the second largest city in medieval England, the anchoress Julian of Norwich lived in a cell attached to the original church.

The cell was demolished during the 1530s. Owing to a lack of funds, the church slowly became dilapidated during the 18th century. It underwent a restoration after one side of the building collapsed in 1845.

The tower, also in danger of collapsing, was repaired in 1934. In June 1942, St Julian's received a direct hit during the Norwich Blitz. The only one of the five churches destroyed in Norwich during World War II to be rebuilt, it reopened in 1953.

The medieval bell, damaged in 1942, was rehung in 1992. The rebuilt church is a flint building with stone and brick dressings with a pantile roof. A small church, it consists of a nave, single-bay chancel, and a round tower.

The south chapel and sacristry and the single-storey porch was added in the 1950s. The octagonal baptismal font, a replacement for the original one destroyed in 1942, was moved from the redundant All...