St Peter Parmentergate is a large and impressive mainly fifteenth century church in a quiet somewhat neglected area south of Norwich City Centre. It comes as no surprise to find it is no longer used as a church, though services continued as late as the 1980s.
The nave of the church is currently used as a martial arts gym ( a session of which was in full flow when I visited); whilst this may seem rather incongrous it does at least allow the interior to remain more or less intact without the subdivision many conversions to new use involve.
The chancel remains complete with most of it's furnishings and monuments, most important being the large Berney tomb from 1623 in the south east corner, an impressive Jacobean monument with effigies, mostly boxed in when I visited but since fully restored. The east window has early glass by Alexander Gibbs 1861 in rather harsh colours.The fine medieval font remains at the west end of the nave but was also boxed in for protection.
An unusual feature here is the two storey extension east of the chancel, the former sacristry added in the early 16th century.
For more see Simon Knott's superb website below:-
www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/norwichpeterparmentergate/norwi...
Also on Norwich Historic Churches Trust's website:-
www.norwich-churches.org/St%20Peter%20Parmentergate/home.... 