Church of St Lawrence is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 July 1958. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Lawrence
- WRENN ID
- calm-string-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 July 1958
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Lawrence, Wretham
- OS grid reference
- TL 899 914
- Coordinates
- 52.48807, 0.79671
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Lawrence is a parish church now in ruins, dating from the mid 14th century and 15th century. It is constructed of flint with ashlar quoins and follows a simple plan consisting of a nave and chancel. The west tower is square at the base and features an octagonal belfry stage with two-light windows, some of which are blocked and all lack tracery. The tower has a flushwork battlemented parapet. The south doorway leading to the nave displays mid 14th century mouldings. In the chancel's north wall, there are remains of a two-light window from the 15th century, along with fragments of a piscina and sedilia. The south wall of the chancel includes a priest's doorway and a tomb recess on the exterior. The church is scheduled as an Ancient Monument, County Number 92.
Local climate
Church of St Lawrence 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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