Ruins of Service Wing of West Dereham Abbey House is a Grade II* listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 July 1951. A Post-Medieval Ruin.
Ruins of Service Wing of West Dereham Abbey House
- WRENN ID
- long-rotunda-fen
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 July 1951
- Type
- Ruin
- Period
- Post-Medieval
- Address
- Ruins of Service Wing of West Dereham Abbey House, Wereham Road, King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- OS grid reference
- TF 661 005
- Coordinates
- 52.57695, 0.45008
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ruins of the service wing of West Dereham Abbey House are located on Wereham Road in West Dereham. This structure dates back to 1697 but includes significant remnants of abbey buildings from the late 12th century. The building is constructed of carstone, with some brick and ashlar dressings. It is a rectangular block featuring ashlar-faced diagonal corner buttresses and is one storey high with a symmetrical layout. There is a central carriage entrance beneath a basket arch. To the right, there are four round-headed window openings, some of which are blocked, and to the left, there are three similar openings, all with ashlar dressings. The walls inside divide the space into loose boxes.
Local climate
Ruins of Service Wing of West Dereham Abbey House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% 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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