St Gregory'S Church is a Grade I listed building in the Norwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1954. A C14 and C15 Church. 2 related planning applications.
St Gregory'S Church
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Norwich
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1954
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St. Gregory's Church is a former parish church, now redundant, dating from the 14th and 15th centuries. It is constructed of flint with stone and brick dressings and features lead roofs. The church includes a west tower, a nave, and a chancel, along with north and south aisles and porches on the north, south, and west sides.
The tower is a three-stage structure without buttresses, featuring a west window with cusped Y-tracery, a three-light perpendicular window in the second stage, and two-light belfry windows with decorated tracery. The two-storey north and south porches are positioned against the tower. The south porch has a two-centre arch for the outer doorway, which is flanked by attached shafts. Above the doorway is a central niche for a statue topped with a crocketed finial, and there is a clock face with a pedimented surround beneath the apex of the shallow gable. Inside, the church has two bays of quadrapartite vaulting with ridge ribs and bosses.
The north porch mirrors the south porch's design, featuring a similar doorway and two lancet windows above. It also has traceried panels and a statue niche on the east buttress. The nave has four bays and is adorned with three-light perpendicular windows in the aisles, dating to around 1425. There are eight two-light decorated clerestory windows. The single bay chancel was rebuilt in 1394 and has a brick barrel vault beneath the east end. It features four-light perpendicular windows on both the north and south sides, with two-centre arches and raised brick cills, as well as a large five-light perpendicular east window with brick vaulting scars below.
The arcade piers consist of four shafts with smaller shafts in between, topped with crenellated capitals and two-centre arches. The tower arch is tall, and the first and second stages of the tower have tierceron vaults, with a stone gallery that is also vaulted beneath. The roof is notable for its alternating tie-beams and arched braces.
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- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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