The octagonal baptismal font, a replacement for the original one destroyed in 1942, was moved from the now redundant All Saints' Church, Norwich in 1977.

[13] Besides possessing a cathedral, it had five monasteries, a convent, and a greater number of parish churches than any city in medieval England other than London.

[15] During the late Middle Ages, Norwich had an exceptionally large number of hermits and anchorites in comparison with other English towns.

[16] The mystic and anchoress (or female recluse) now known as Julian of Norwich lived in a cell attached to the church, which was then in an industrial area of the city, close to the quays of the River Wensum.

The earlier Short Text was written after she received a series of 16 mystical revelations, following her recovery from an illness that brought her close to death.

[22] After merchants ceased living in the area around St Julian's, the church entered a period of slow decline.

According to Flood, "Mrs Gunn made fifteen drawings from remains of coloured glass that lay much broken on the floor.

"[23] Part of the chancel collapsed in 1845, by which time the church was in a very poor state of repair and no longer in use for services.

The church received a direct hit by a high explosive bomb destroying almost everything except the north wall.

[17] Redesigned by the architect A. J. Chaplin, it was reopened in 1953,[1][note 3] with a chapel built in place of the long-lost anchorite cell.

[31] The church's bell was made in 1450 by the bellfounder Richard Brayser, when it was inscribed with the words 'Ave gracia Plena Dominus Tecum' (Latin meaning "Hail the Lord, full of grace, be with you").

It consists of a nave, the single-bay chancel, a circular west tower, a south chapel, and a vestry.

[1] The remains of the original church possesses a number of Late Anglo-Saxon windows, though the building dates largely to the 11th and 12th centuries.

Originally built for a house in the Essex village of Abbess Roding, it was found in a warehouse in Chelmsford, where it was rebuilt.

[37] During 2014 and 2015, archaeological work undertaken immediately to the east of the churchyard revealed medieval features, including graves.

The work done showed that St Julian's churchyard originally extended eastwards up to King Street.