The Historic Churches of Norwich

Welcome to the Ruins of St Benedict

Exterior

St Benedict Church gave its name to a street and a medieval gateway into Norwich.

However,after the devastating Bedecker raids on Norwich in 1942 all that was left standing was the shell of the aisle and the ancient round tower. Photographs taken at the time show the tower as a defiant symbol against the devastation of war and the wanton destruction it brings.

Today only the tower, together with with a green space much bigger than the original church boundary, remains.

 

 

All Saints Westlegate St. George Tombland St. Julian St. Michael at Plea
St. Andrew St. Giles St. Lawrence St. Peter Hungate
St. Augustine St. Gregory St. Margaret St. Peter Mancroft
St. Benedict St. Helen St. Martin at Oak St. Peter Parmentergate
St. Clement St. James Pockthorpe St. Martin at Palace Plain St. Saviour
St. Edmund Fishergate St. John de Sepulchre St. Mary Coslany St. Simon & St. Jude
St. Etheldreda St. John Maddermarket St. Mary the Less St. Stephen
St. George Colegate St. John Timberhill St. Miles Coslany St. Swithin