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Norwich Cathedral

Hob Uid: 132248
Location :
Norfolk
Norwich
Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : TG2347008910
Summary : Cathedral begun in 1096 by Herbert de Losinga after the see was transferred from Thetford. Barnack and Caen stone, brick. Lead covered roofs. Nave with aisles. Choir. North transept with chapel. South transept with vestry. Presbytery with aisles and ambulatory. South, north-east and south-east chapels. East chapel. Cloisters to south. 14 bays to nave and choir. 3 bays transepts. 4 bays prebytery plus ambulatory. West front re-modelled circa 1830 by Salvin. Dependencies: Aldeby, Hoxne, Kings Lynn, Yarmouth, St Leonards (Norwich), and the Hospitals of St Giles and St Paul in Norwich.
More information : (TG 23450891) The Cathedral of the Holy and Undivided Trinity (NAT) (TG 234088) Cloisters (NAT) (1)
(TG 234088) Burial Ground (NR) (2)

Norwich Cathedral is mainly Norman, its original parts being built of Caen and Barnack stone. The nave is 407 feet long with clerestory. The crossing tower is decorated with blank arcading and vertical strings of alternating lozenges and circles. Its 15th century needle-spire with crockets and lucarnes is 315 feet high. Norman capitals and fine 15th century misericords. Grade A.

Nothing can now be seen of the Norman Cloister. The present one was rebuilt from 1297/8 onwards and was completed in 1430. There are some very fine bosses. (3,4)

In the cloister are the tombs of Deans Willink and Cranage, completely plain. List of other tombs. (5)

Extensive bibliography. (6,7)

The Cathedral has a nave with aisles, a choir, north transept with chapel, south transept with vestry, a presbytery with aisles and ambulatory and four chapels. The cloisters lie to the south. The West front was remodelled and the south transept restored and rebuilt by Salvin c1830. The Cloisters have eleven bays on each side and two storeys, there is a fine triple entrance to the Chapter House in the east range and a lavatorium in the west range. (8)

Bishop Losinga bought land to found a Benedictine monastery (TG 20 NW 339) in 1094. Building commenced and part of the cathedral was ready for use by 1101. The Cathedral was largely complete by the time of its consecration in 1278. Detailed architectural history. (9)

The cloister bosses of Norwich Cathedral. Aspects of the choice and placing of imagery of the cloister bosses are seen as responses to particular historical and intellectual circumstances relating to broader political and religious agendas in and beyond the monastery. (10)
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Source details : OS 1:2500 1965
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Source details : OS 1:500 1885
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Source details : DOE (HHR) City & County of Norwich 1972 54
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Source details : Bldgs of Eng NE Norf & Norwich 1962 207-226 (Pevsner)
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Source details : Arch J 106 1949 plan dated 1938 facing p 86
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Source details : A Bibliography of Norfolk History 1975 336-41 (Darroch & Taylor)
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Source details : Arch J 137 1980 313 (E Fernie)
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Source details : DOE (HHR) City of Norwich 1986 62
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Source details : An Architectural History of Norwich Cathedral, 1993, Clarendon, Oxford (E Fernie)
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Source details : Sekules V
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Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Extant
Monument End Date : 1539
Monument Start Date : 1101
Monument Type : Cathedral, Priory
Evidence : Extant Building
Monument Period Name : Medieval
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Monument End Date : 1430
Monument Start Date : 1297
Monument Type : Cloister
Evidence : Extant Building
Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : West front remodelled
Monument End Date : 1830
Monument Start Date : 1830
Monument Type : Cathedral
Evidence : Extant Building
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Norfolk)
External Cross Reference Number : 0226N
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Norfolk)
External Cross Reference Number : 0044N
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Norfolk)
External Cross Reference Number : 0377N
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Norfolk)
External Cross Reference Number : N792
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Norfolk)
External Cross Reference Number : 226
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External Cross Reference Source : NBR Index Number
External Cross Reference Number : 75684
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External Cross Reference Source : Listed Building List Entry Legacy Uid
External Cross Reference Number : 228917
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External Cross Reference Source : Unified Designation System UID
External Cross Reference Number : 1051330
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External Cross Reference Number : TG 20 NW 1
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