Remains of Priory of St Sepulchre is a Grade I listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1951. A C12 Priory.

Remains of Priory of St Sepulchre

WRENN ID
lunar-steel-thyme
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Breckland
Constituency
South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 April 1951
Type
Priory
Address
Remains of Priory of St Sepulchre, Brandon Road, Thetford
OS grid reference
TL 864 830
Coordinates
52.41376, 0.7406
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The remains of the Priory of St Sepulchre are located on the north side of Brandon Road in Thetford. Founded before 1148 by William de Warenne, the 3rd Earl of Surrey, the priory was dissolved in 1536, after which the church was converted into a barn. The structure is built of flint with some ashlar dressings, but it currently has no roof. The remains consist of the nave of the church, with openings that have been blocked. There are central 18th-century four-centred barn doors that were originally opened in the middle of the north and south walls, but these have since been blocked again. A doorway at the north-west corner features wave mouldings on the stilted arch and dates back to the early 14th century; this doorway led to the cloister walk on the north side.

Local climate

Remains of Priory of St Sepulchre sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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