Remains of St Benedict's Church is a Grade I listed building in the Norwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1954. A Medieval Church. 3 related planning applications.

Remains of St Benedict's Church

WRENN ID
deep-plinth-ash
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Norwich
Constituency
Norwich South MP: Clive Lewis (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 February 1954
Type
Church
Period
Medieval
Address
Remains of St Benedict's Church, St Benedict's Street, NR2 4AB
OS grid reference
TG 224 087
Coordinates
52.63114, 1.28614
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The remains of St Benedict's Church are located on St. Benedict's Street. This building is the tower of a former parish church that was destroyed during World War II. It dates back to the 11th century and features a round tower made of flint, with lancet windows. The top stage of the tower is octagonal and includes stone quoins, as well as alternating blind and Y-tracery openings. For further details, refer to M. Atkin's "Excavation in St. Benedict's Church," published in the East Anglian Archaeology Report No. 15, part 1 in 1982, pages 11-29.

Local climate

Remains of St Benedict's Church 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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