Norwich Arts Centre is a Grade I listed building in the Norwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1954. A C15 Arts centre. 5 related planning applications.
Norwich Arts Centre
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Norwich
- Constituency
- Norwich South MP: Clive Lewis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1954
- Type
- Arts centre
- Address
- Norwich Arts Centre, 51, St Benedict's Street, NR2 4PG
- OS grid reference
- TG 225 088
- Coordinates
- 52.6316, 1.28778
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Norwich Arts Centre, located at No. 51 on St. Benedict's Street, is a former parish church that has been repurposed as an arts centre. It dates back to the 14th and 15th centuries and is constructed of flint with stone and brick dressings, topped with a lead roof. The west tower was removed in 1881. The building features a nave and chancel combined, with north and south aisles, and a rood turret located against the north aisle. To the east and north of the church, there is a large Edwardian vestry and hall. The west gable has a small bell-turret and a four-light window. The nave and chancel consist of four bays with two-light decorated windows, while the clerestory windows are also two-light with flat arches and decorated tracery. The east window is a five-light design with a four-centre arch and decorated tracery.
Inside, the north aisle is supported by hollow chamfered octagonal brick piers, while the south aisle piers have been remade in a classical cruciform section with semi-circular arches. The interior boasts a fine queen-post roof with arch braces that spring from wall-posts, which are supported on angel corbels, and features carved bosses at both purlin and ridge levels.
Local climate
Norwich Arts Centre 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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