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
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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- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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- 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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