St Julian's, Norwich

St Julian
St Julian's Church, Norwich
View from north
52°37′29.4″N 1°18′02.4″E / 52.624833°N 1.300667°E / 52.624833; 1.300667
Location	Norwich, Norfolk
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Website	stjohnstimberhill.org
History
Founded	11th century
Dedication	Julian of Le Mans, or possibly Julian the Hospitaller
Events	Destroyed by bombing in 1942; rebuilt 1953.
Associated people	Julian of Norwich
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade I listed[1]
Specifications
Bells	1
Administration
Province	Canterbury
Diocese	Norwich
Archdeaconry	Norwich
Deanery	Norwich East
Parish	Norwich, St John the Baptist, Timberhill with Norwich St Julian
Clergy
Priest(s)	Richard Stanton

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 church. The cell was demolished during the 1530s.

Due 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 four churches destroyed in Norwich during World War II that was 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 now redundant All Saints' Church, Norwich in 1977. The church has an 1860 pipe organ, which was installed in 1966.