New Narthex development opens at Cathedral

Panoramic view of Narthex development

After almost nine years of fundraising and a year of construction, the Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Norwich has now completed a major capital building programme - the Narthex, with the support of a major grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund and other funding bodies.

MLM have provided the Building Services engineering consultancy for the development which will provide an exciting new venue for conferences, Cathedral wedding parties, community clubs and functions and education visits from all over the region.

The opening will provide space and facilities for bringing together people from the local and regional communities and different countries and cultures, for welcoming children and young people, for education projects, and for the service and care of others, as well as serving as the focal point for the Catholic community of East Anglia.

Director of Building Services Bawden Burrows comments:
‘This has been an interesting and exciting scheme in the heart of Norwich, working on a building familiar to many. There were many challenges with this building, from trying match the new to old, to hidden on site elements, such as a massive underground storage tank right adjacent to the new building which kept the Contractor on their toes!

We are now working with the Cathedral to replace their redundant heating plant with a new Biomass system’.

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