NORWICH ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, RATTEE AND KETT DRAWINGS

This collection consists of drawings used by Rattee and Kett of Cambridge for the construction of the first part of the nave under the direction of George Gilbert Scott.

<span class="wrapper"><p>An inventory of registers deposited in the Sacristy of St. John the Baptist Cathedral, taken March 1982 is available in the Searchroom</p> <p>Roman Catholic registers, 1758 - 1939 are available on Microfilm in the Searchroom</p></span>

• <corpname>Norwich Roman Catholic Cathedral of St John the Baptist</corpname>
• <persname>Scott, George Gilbert, 1839-1897, architect</persname>

RC 2/46 Too Unfit for production to examine.

RC 2/131 Too Unfit for production to open

RC 2/141 Fragments too Unfit for production to examine

RC 2/144 Crumpled Unfit for production fragments

RC 2/157 Too Unfit for production to examine

Records received by the Norfolk Record Office in August 1994

The first sod was cut on 24 June 1882, the foundation stone laid on 17 July 1884, and the nave opened on 29 August 1894. There was a separate contract for the foundation works, executed by Jacob P Batch of Norwich, and in 1888 the contract for Rattee and Kett was terminated and the work completed under a clerk of works, Thomas Burton, using direct labour. The drawings refer predominently to the west end of the nave with dates between 1883 and 1885; many show details of stonework, including a number of moulding templates. There are no details of stone carvings, reference simply being made to the fact that stone is to be left for carving; virtually all the carvings on the building are believed to have been executed by James Ovens, who may have worked under a separate contract and used different drawings, which are now lost (some for the later east end survive in a separate collection, including just one drawing which appears to represent the 'Synagogue' figure on the label of the west portal).