Remains of St Mary's Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1960. Chapel, dwelling.

Remains of St Mary's Chapel

WRENN ID
calm-ashlar-lark
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Breckland
Constituency
South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 June 1960
Type
Chapel, dwelling
Address
Remains of St Mary's Chapel, Cockley Cley
OS grid reference
TF 795 041
Coordinates
52.60514, 0.65015
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The remains of St Mary's Chapel, originally built in the 12th century, have been converted into a dwelling and then back again, with most of the structure being rebuilt in the late 20th century. The chapel is constructed of flint with some ashlar dressings, while rebuilt sections are made of brick with flint facing. The roofs are covered with corrugated metal and asbestos. The chapel features an aisleless nave with a stilted apse. The south wall of the nave has a semicircular headed doorway adorned with carved chevron ornament and one 13th-century hollow chamfered lancet window. The north wall includes an undressed semicircular headed doorway and a single splayed window, also undressed except for an arched lintel. The apse has been almost entirely rebuilt and contains a 13th-century lancet window along with three undressed single splayed windows. The west wall features one single splayed window with a stone arched lintel. Inside, the chancel arch has been completely rebuilt, incorporating some 12th-century angle roll ornament and a pair of plain imposts with a rectangular section.

Local climate

Remains of St Mary's Chapel sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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