St. Clement’s, another Particular Baptist place of worship, was built in 1814, at a cost of £5000. Rev. T. A. Wheeler, minister.
Orford Hill Chapel, also Baptist, was opened as a chapel in 1832. Rev. T. Corbet, minister.
Ebenezer Chapel, Surrey Road, was built in 1854; a gallery was subsequently added. The congregation had previously assembled in the Bazaar, St. Andrew’s; the minister being the Rev. R. Govett, who, some years since, seceded from the Established Church.
There are several smaller structures in connexion with this denomination.
The General Baptists, established in the city since 1686, have a chapel in St. James’, erected in 1812 on part of the site of the White Friary. Rev. Thomas Scott, minister.
The Octagon (Unitarian) Chapel, St. George’s, is a handsome building, of the shape implied by its name. It is surmounted by a dome, supported by eight Corinthian pillars. It was erected in 1756, on the site of the old Presbyterian Meeting-house. Dr. John Taylor, and Dr. Enfield (compiler of the Speaker) preached in this chapel. Rev. J. H. Hutton, minister.
The Society of Friends have two meeting-houses in Norwich; one of which, in Upper Goat Lane, is a fine white-brick structure, with Doric portico, and lighted by a dome lantern. It was rebuilt in 1826. The other is the Gildencroft Meeting House, St. Augustine’s, erected in 1680. There is a spacious burial-ground attached, in which are deposited the remains of Joseph John Gurney, Mrs. Opie, and other eminent Friends. This building is supported by two lofty oak pillars, cut out of single trees.
The Roman Catholics have also two chapels. That in St. John’s Maddermarket is an ancient but plain structure, rebuilt in 1794; that in Willow Lane, called the Chapel of the Apostles, is a handsome building, erected in 1828. The windows are of stained glass, and the interior decorations are very striking.
The Dutch Church, in St. Andrew’s Hall, originally the Conventual Church of the Black Friars, was granted to the Walloon congregation; but they now have service only once a year, when a sermon is preached in Dutch and afterwards in English. The building is used as a chapel to the Workhouse, but it is expected that it will be occupied by the Free Christian Church when the New Workhouse, now being erected near the Cemetery, has been completed.
Calvert Street Chapel, built by the Wesleyans in 1811. Since the recent disruption in that body, it has been held by the Reformers, or United Methodist Free Church; as is also the case with New City Chapel, in Crook’s Place.