All Saints Westlegate

The church underwent a major makeover in the late Middle ages and remains the focal point of Westlegate and All Saints Green. Now used as All Saints antiques centre and cafe, the church has been redundant since 1973 and is in the care of the Norwich Historic Churches Trust. 

The church consists of a nave, chancel, north aisle, south porch and unbuttressed square west tower. There is little evidence of the exact date of the foundation of the church but the current fabric is largely a result of a makeover during the later middle ages. The tower is 15th century and has had its corners rebuilt in brick in the 19th century along with the upper stages of the tower being rebuilt in 1913.

The nave windows are in the late 15th century Perpendicular style; the chancel windows, with pointed arches and curved tracery are more in the earlier decorated style. The decorated east window is a Victorian restoration. There are some fragments of medieval stained glass in the tops of the windows of the north aisle.

The north porch was almost certainly a later addition and was higher because of the patch of rebuilt flint work above. This most likely formed a parvis above the porch.

Internally the north wall was replaced with the current arcade of four centred arches opening into the north aisle. The chancel and tower arches were also enlarged. The fine 15th century font described as ‘especially good’ by Pevsner is now in St Julians (King St, Norwich). There is a set of six bells. One disused bell dating from 1647 has been moved and is on display at St Martin at Palace Plain, Norwich.