Remains of Base of South West Tower and Part of West Claustral Range of West Acre Priory, 20 Metres East of Abbey Farm House is a Grade II* listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1951. Monastery remains.
Remains of Base of South West Tower and Part of West Claustral Range of West Acre Priory, 20 Metres East of Abbey Farm House
- WRENN ID
- fossil-brass-ebony
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- North West Norfolk MP: James Wild (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1951
- Type
- Monastery remains
- OS grid reference
- TF 781 151
- Coordinates
- 52.70464, 0.63536
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The remains of the base of the south-west tower and part of the west claustral range of the Priory of St. Mary and All Saints are located 20 meters east of Abbey Farm House. This structure dates from the 12th and 13th centuries and is built of flint with stone dressings. It features the base of an Early English tower that was added to the west end of the Norman church tower. The east wall has a blocked round-headed arch, while the north wall contains two blocked pointed arches with an angle corbel of vaulting from the 15th century inside the tower. There is also a fragment of the west end of the south aisle attached to the east. The Norman west cloister range, attached to the south, includes four distinct chambers that display surviving Norman and Early English architectural features. This site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, County Number 170.
Local climate
Remains of Base of South West Tower and Part of West Claustral Range of West Acre Priory, 20 Metres East of Abbey Farm House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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