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Greek Orthodox Church including walls, gate-piers and gates adjoining south east and north east

A Grade II Listed Building in Thorpe Hamlet, Norfolk

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.6288 / 52°37'43"N

Longitude: 1.3053 / 1°18'18"E

OS Eastings: 623785

OS Northings: 308577

OS Grid: TG237085

Mapcode National: GBR WBV.HM

Mapcode Global: WHMTN.06T1

Plus Code: 9F43J8H4+G4

Entry Name: Greek Orthodox Church including walls, gate-piers and gates adjoining south east and north east

Listing Date: 6 December 1991

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1319720

English Heritage Legacy ID: 442671

ID on this website: 101319720

Location: Thorpe Hamlet, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1

County: Norfolk

District: Norwich

Electoral Ward/Division: Thorpe Hamlet

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Norwich

Traditional County: Norfolk

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Norfolk

Church of England Parish: Norwich St John, Timberhill

Church of England Diocese: Norwich

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Description


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TG 2308 NE
17/10000

RECORDER ROAD (west side)
No. 3 (Greek Orthodox Church including walls, gate-piers and gates adjoining south east and north east)

(Formerly listed as Church of Christ Scientist including walls, gate-piers and gates adjoining SE and NE)

II

Former Christian Science church. 1934-5 by Herbert G Ibberson. English bond buff-coloured brick. Slate roofs with parapeted gable ends.

Plan: Nave with narrow aisles, readers' platform in chancel at west (liturgical east) end with flanking readers' rooms and gallery at east end with stair and porch on south east corner. Arts and Crafts and Modern.

Exterior: The east gable end onto the street has tall lancet with pointed ogee arch formed from cut bricks and with weathered slate sill with large stone inscription below. Small round arch windows in single storey block on right and stair wing on left which has similar lancet on its south gable and porch in the angle with round arch doorway. North and south sides of nave have narrow vertical pilaster-like strips in brick containing tall lancets each with small light above and low aisles below with flint and brick chequerwork walls. Lower chancel with low flat roof readers' rooms either side. Slender octagonal fleche over east end with louvres and copper clad spire.

Interior: Exposed rendered walls. Low segmental arch arcades under large blind segmental arcades with polygonal piers rising to roof, and deeply splayed lancets with small ogee lancets in clerestory above: at springing of the arches corbels supporting lamps. Short barrel-vaulted chancel, with readers' room doorways to left and right with double ogee arches on deep splays. Cantilevered gallery at east end with boarded front. Boarded roof on boxed-in steel trusses. Slightly sloping nave parquet floor.

Original readers' desks and steps up and original electric radiators. Including: brick and flint chequered area walls flanking east front with small brick gate-piers, steel gates and overthrows.

Listing NGR: TG2378508577

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