Norwich Cathedral

Norwich Cathedral
Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity
Spire and south transept of Norwich Cathedral viewed from the cloister
Location	Norwich, Norfolk
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Previous denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	www.cathedral.org.uk
History
Authorising papal bull	300945
Consecrated	24 September 1101 (reconsecrated 1278)
Architecture
Style	Norman, Gothic
Years built	1096–(1121–1145)
Specifications
Length	124 m (407 ft)[1]
Nave length	76.8 m (252 ft)[1]
Width	54.9 m (180 ft)[1]
Nave width	21.9 m (72 ft)[1]
Nave height	21.9 m (72 ft)[1]
Spire height	96 m (315 ft)[1]
Bells	5 (formerly 10)
Administration
Province	Canterbury
Diocese	Norwich (since 1094)
Clergy
Bishop(s)	Graham Usher
Dean	Andrew Braddock
Laity
Director of music	Ashley Grote
Organist(s)	David Dunnett
Listed Building – Grade I
Official name	The Cathedral of the Holy and Undivided Trinity
Designated	26 February 1954
Reference no.	1051330

Norwich Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Norwich, Norfolk, England. The cathedral is the seat of the bishop of Norwich and the mother church of the diocese of Norwich. It is administered by its dean and chapter, and there are daily Church of England services. It is a Grade I listed building.^[2]

Construction of the building was begun in 1096 at the behest of the first bishop of Norwich, Herbert de Losinga. When the crossing tower was the last piece of the Norman cathedral to be completed; measuring 461 ft (141 m) and 177 ft (54 m) wide, the cathedral was the largest building in East Anglia. The cathedral close occupied a tenth of the total area of the medieval city.

The present structure of Norwich Cathedral is primarily Norman, being made of flint and mortar and faced with a cream-coloured Caen limestone. The cathedral was damaged during the riots of 1272; repairs were completed in 1278. The cloisters, begun in 1297, are the second largest cloisters in England. The present spire—the second tallest in England at 315 ft (96 m)—is a stone structure built in 1480, that replaced one made of wood. In about 1830, the south transept was remodelled by the architect Anthony Salvin. A new hospitality and education facility by Hopkins Architects was opened by Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh in 2010.

Norwich Cathedral once had the earliest astronomical clock in England. The cathedral's bosses are one of the world's greatest mediaeval sculptural treasures, having survived the iconoclasm of the Tudor and English Civil War periods.