Editing Holt, Norfolk (section)

==Churches==
[[File:Holt Methodist Church - geograph.org.uk - 618413.jpg|thumb|180px|Holt Methodist Church]]
[[File:Gresham's School - the school chapel - geograph.org.uk - 1250705.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|Chapel, Gresham's School]]
The ancient [[Church of England]] [[parish church]] of Holt is dedicated to [[Andrew the Apostle|St Andrew the Apostle]] and probably has late Saxon origins. It was rebuilt in the early 14th century in the [[Decorated Gothic]] style by Sir William de Nerford and his wife Petronilla, daughter of [[John de Vaux]], and a tower was added later in the same century. The church was thatched and was badly damaged in the great Holt fire of 1708. Between 1722 and 1727 it was rebuilt, with contributions from [[Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend|Lord Townshend]], the [[George II of Great Britain|Prince of Wales]], and [[Robert Walpole]]. The church was restored between 1862 and 1874 by [[William Butterfield]].<ref>[https://www.britainexpress.com/counties/norfolk/churches/holt.htm St Andrew's, Holt], britainexpress.com, accessed 3 December 2020</ref>

The Methodist Church, on Obelisk Plain, was built between 1862 and 1863 to a design by [[Thomas Jeckyll]],<ref>[https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100018831 Thomas Jekyll], oxfordreference.com, accessed 3 December 2020</ref> on a site donated by William Cozens-Hardy of [[Letheringsett with Glandford|Letheringsett Hall]], who also paid most of the building costs.

The most recent religious building is the Chapel of [[Gresham's School]], designed by [[Maxwell Ayrton]] and built in [[knapped flint]] and limestone between 1912 and 1916, with two angle turrets and an embattled parapet. This is now a [[listed building|Grade II listed building]].<ref>[http://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF45267-Gresham%27s-School-Chapel&Index=38136 Gresham's School, school chapel], heritage.norfolk.gov.uk, accessed 3 December 2020</ref><ref>N. Pevsner, B. Wilson, ''[[The Buildings of England]]'' Norwich and North-East Norfolk (2nd Edition), p. 556</ref>