36 CONTEXT 175 : MARCH 2023 centuries, it has a fine west tower. A spectacular terracotta chest tomb to Robert Jannys, twice mayor of the city, who died in 1530, sits in the north-west chapel. The interior has 18th- and 19th-century furnishings, and an organ of 1812 on a western gallery, all reflecting the wealth of its parishioners. Many of them are celebrated in a fine set of wall monuments and ledgers. All is well illuminated on sunny mornings when light floods in through the plain-glazed windows. The building is in reasonable condition, having had substantial grants to aid repair of the tower and roofs in the last 30 years. The small congregation pays its way and manages routine maintenance. An NHLF grant some years ago supported research on the monuments, their dusting, and the publication of informative leaflets about the building and the parish, and the recording and mapping of ledger slabs, with the work carried out by members of the congregation, including Bryan Ayers. But the wall monuments remained largely dirty and some needed repair, so I invited the conservator Deborah Carthy to visit and appraise the situation. She undertook a survey of the monuments, and we are researching their sculptors. Deborah also highlighted the opportunity to clean and polish the ledger slabs. With no simple way to obtain funding for a full professional repair of monuments, I talked to Deborah about setting up a volunteer team to undertake the work. She and I had worked together on such a scheme in Newcastle On sunny mornings light floods in through the plainglazed windows. The monument to Timothy Balderton, a mayor of Norwich, needs cleaning. The south aisle with monuments to be cleaned
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