NHER 563 (Building record) - St John the Baptist's Church, Timberhill, Norwich

March 1972. Listed Grade I.
Listing Description Excerpt:
"Parish church. 11th-century long and short work in east wall. 15th century. Flint with stone and brick dressings. Slate roofs with small dormers. Lead on aisles. Nave and chancel. North and south aisles. South porch. North 19th-century vestry. All the windows were renewed or refaced in the 19th century. West tower collapsed in 1784."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current details.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 16 January 2018. Amended H. Hamilton (HES), 8 November 2019.

Long and short work at northeast corner of original chancel is probably Saxon work of early 11th century.
See (S2).

'St John de Berestrete'.
Founded in the time of the conqueror (Cathedral Register III, 57).
See (S3).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

1970s or 1980s. Building Survey.
Examined as part of Norwich Survey.
See draft report (S4) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 16 January 2018.

The candelabra mentioned is a rare example of an imported type.
See (S5).
E. Rose (NLA) 3 March 2000.

Press cutting (S6) in file.

2006.
Lecture by N. Grove at Cambridge provided additional information on the Ritualist history of this church in the late 19th century.
See notes (S7) for further details.
E. Rose (NLA) 24 April 2006.