NHER 26470 (Building record) - St Matthew's Church, Thorpe Hamlet, Norwich

Remarkable Neo-Norman church, cruciform plan with apsed chancel.
Built 1851 by John Brown, Neo-Norman style, rare for a church at this date and perhaps inspired by the cathedral. Ragstone and brick. Many brick lancets divided by pilaster strips and continued inside by blank arches. Font in similar style. Restored 1951. The building is not listed; Batcock gives photographs only (copy in file). It is described in the 1998 revision of Pevsner (S1) as having internal arcading around windows much larger than genuine Norman openings would be. Converted to architects' office in 1983 by Peter Codling who inserted two floors.
E. Rose (NLA), 24 February 1998 and 22 November 2005.

Incorrectly allocated NHER 42676. Duplicate record deleted.
A. Cattermole (NLA), 25 April 2007.

See photographs of the church (S2) in file.
T. Sunley (NLA) 31 Ocotber 2007.