The United Reformed Church is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. Church.

The United Reformed Church

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Norfolk
Constituency
Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 June 1981
Type
Church
Address
The United Reformed Church, High Road, Wortwell
OS grid reference
TM 278 853
Coordinates
52.41889, 1.34925
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The United Reformed Church, built in 1773, was originally a Congregational Chapel. This meeting house type of chapel is constructed of painted brick and features a ripped roof covered with black glazed pantiles. It is a single storey building with three bays. The windows have been somewhat altered; they are tall and narrow with segmental heads and 19th or 20th-century frames. The central entrance has a panelled door. Inside, there is a gallery at one end, while the rest of the furnishings date from the 19th and 20th centuries.

Local climate

The United Reformed Church sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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