NHER 560 (Building record) - St Giles' Church, Upper St Giles Street, Norwich

February 1954. Listed, Grade I.
Listing Description Excerpt:
"Parish Church. 15th century. 1866/67 chancel by Phipson. West tower, nave and chancel. North and south aisles. South porch. Flint with stone and brick dressings. Ashlar faced south wall of porch. Lead roofs. Early 15th-century four-stage tower with set-back buttresses and clasping buttresses on top stage."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current details.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 15 January 2018. Amended H. Hamilton (HES), 8 November 2019.

1970s or 1980s. Building Survey.
Examined as part of Norwich Survey.
See draft report (S2) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 15 January 2018.

In existence by 1121-45 (First Register of Norwich Cathedral Priory- reproduced as reference (S3)).
'Was part of the same town' patrimony of Elwynns Priest.
The original chancel, said to be 14th century, was demolished in 1581 to give employment to poor tradesmen, by the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral. Some of the materials were used to block the chancel arch.
When Phipson rebuilt the chancel the blocking materials were taken to the Plantation Garden (see NHER 26396).
Information from (S4).
E. Rose (NLA) 3 April 1995.

In 1999 the church had two eagle lecterns; one is pre-Reformation from St Gregory's, the other is of 1903 and is to be disposed of. There is a Hill organ which is also to be removed and replaced by an Archway organ from the Methodist Central Hall.
Information from Diocese Advisory Commitee minutes of 4 February 1999.
E. Rose (NLA) 1 March 1999.

March-April 2000. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of excavation of cable trench in southern part of churchyard. For the most part the trench was located around the margins of the graveyard.
Occasional patches of post-medieval destruction rubble were encountered, associated with two masonry features. These structures were the remains of footings for upstanding stone tombs that had been removed. A single piece of disarticulated human skeletal material was uncovered.
No other archaeologically significant features or finds were encountered.
No report produced. See notes (S5) for further details.
J. Allen (NLA) 26 April 2000. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 7 February 2017.

See copy of illustration (S6) in file.

March 2004. Watching Brief.
From Context 10.
An 18th or 19th century brick burial vault was visually examined through a breach created by an earlier service trench. The vault contained three coffins (two adults and one juvenile), but it was not possible to identify the individuals.
See report (S6) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S7).
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2007.297).
A. Cattermole (NLA), 23 January 2006. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 5 May 2019.

See four sheets of drawings and photographs by member of the public [1] in file regarding repairs to south aisle roof, buttresses and windows.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 17 February 2004.