Church of St Mary is a Grade I listed building in the Norwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1954. A {C12,C13} Church. 1 related planning application.

Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
floating-slate-barley
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Norwich
Constituency
Norwich South MP: Clive Lewis (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 February 1954
Type
Church
Period
{C12,C13}
OS grid reference
TG 190 082
Coordinates
52.62819, 1.23514
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Mary is a parish church dating from the 12th and 13th centuries, with later additions. It is constructed of flint rubble with stone and some red brick dressings, and features a rendered chancel with a lead roof, while the north transept has a tiled roof. The church comprises a nave, chancel, north transept, west tower, and south porch.

The nave includes two 2-light windows with Y tracery and brick drip moulds, and there is a traceried window in the north transept. The west tower is supported by diagonal buttresses and has a stair turret at the north-east corner, belfry windows, and a crenellated brick parapet. Inside the porch, the south door features a 2-centred arch with brick quoins and a stepped gable, along with a niche above the outer arch. Although the interior was not inspected during the re-survey, it is noted to contain an octagonal font and a rood screen with ogee-leaded lights.

Local climate

Church of St Mary 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 85% 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 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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