Bishop Salmon's Porch is a Grade II* listed building in the Norwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1954. A Medieval Porch.
Bishop Salmon's Porch
- WRENN ID
- frozen-moat-sedge
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Norwich
- Constituency
- Norwich South MP: Clive Lewis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1954
- Type
- Porch
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Bishop Salmon's Porch, the Close
- OS grid reference
- TG 235 090
- Coordinates
- 52.63289, 1.30138
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bishop Salmon's Porch is a Grade II* listed structure that served as the porch to a former hall, dating back to the early 14th century. It is constructed of stone and stands two storeys tall, although the upper storey is partly in ruins. The porch features two open bays.
On the east facade, there is a central arch with two orders of grouped mouldings and damaged attached shafts that have foliated capitals. This arch is flanked by statue niches. Above the arch, there is a two-light window with side blind arches. The openings to the north and south have steep arches, also with two orders of grouped mouldings on attached shafts with foliated capitals. To the left and right of the west doorway, there are ogee-headed niches. The interior boasts tierceron vaulting with carved bosses, and there are remains of heavy blind arcading over the west archway. The porch is scheduled as an Ancient Monument.
Local climate
Bishop Salmon's Porch 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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