Remains of Abbey of Ss Mary Barbara and Edmund is a Grade II* listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1959. A Medieval Remains of abbey.

Remains of Abbey of Ss Mary Barbara and Edmund

WRENN ID
secret-joist-pigeon
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
Constituency
South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 July 1959
Type
Remains of abbey
Period
Medieval
Address
Remains of Abbey of Ss Mary Barbara and Edmund, Marham, King's Lynn and West Norfolk
OS grid reference
TF 707 098
Coordinates
52.65915, 0.52277
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The remains of the Abbey of Saints Mary, Barbara, and Edmund are a significant example of a Cistercian abbey, dedicated in 1249. The structure is built of clunch with ashlar dressings. The south wall of the nave still stands and features two circular clerestory windows, along with part of a third. The eastern window is a quatrefoil design, while the western window is a sexfoil, both of which are moulded and have pierced spandrels within chamfered surrounds. Below the clerestory on the south side, there is a string course that serves as a drip mould for the cloister roof, with the supporting corbels still intact. To the west, there are remains of a vaulted room, likely a narthex, with one springer that features ribs of roll and fillet mouldings. The site is designated as a scheduled ancient monument, County Number 209.

Local climate

Remains of Abbey of Ss Mary Barbara and Edmund 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 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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