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

Greek Orthodox Church including walls, gate-piers and gates adjoining south east and north east, 3, Recorder Road, Norwich, NR1 1NR

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1319720
Date first listed:: 06-Dec-1991
List Entry Name:: Greek Orthodox Church including walls, gate-piers and gates adjoining south east and north east
Statutory Address:: Greek Orthodox Church including walls, gate-piers and gates adjoining south east and north east, 3, Recorder Road, Norwich, NR1 1NR

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1319720
Date first listed:: 06-Dec-1991
List Entry Name:: Greek Orthodox Church including walls, gate-piers and gates adjoining south east and north east
Statutory Address 1:: Greek Orthodox Church including walls, gate-piers and gates adjoining south east and north east, 3, Recorder Road, Norwich, NR1 1NR

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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Location

Statutory Address:: Greek Orthodox Church including walls, gate-piers and gates adjoining south east and north east, 3, Recorder Road, Norwich, NR1 1NR

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Norfolk
District:: Norwich (District Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: TG 23785 08577

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 19 October 2021 to update the name and address and to reformat the text to current standards

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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Legacy System number:: 442671
Legacy System:: LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.