Remains of Church of St Saviour is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1959. Ruins of parish church.

Remains of Church of St Saviour

WRENN ID
forbidden-turret-reed
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Norfolk
Constituency
South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 November 1959
Type
Ruins of parish church
Address
Remains of Church of St Saviour, Surlingham
OS grid reference
TG 307 067
Coordinates
52.60954, 1.4074
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The remains of the Church of St. Saviour are located in Surlingham and are classified as a parish church ruin. The structure is almost undateable but appears to consist of three cells: a nave and chancel with a central space. The walls of this central area are robustly built, and flat buttresses can be seen on the north side. The equal width of the chancel and nave supports the idea that the building may have originally featured a central tower, which could date back to the 12th or 13th century, most likely the latter. The church is constructed of flint and was once adorned with ashlar dressings, but it currently has no roof, and only fragments of the walls remain. There is no evidence of a western tower. At intervals, holes in the walls indicate where windows once were, though none exist in the central space, further suggesting the presence of a tower. Marks of a south porch can still be discerned, and a brick arch remains in place on the west side of the central space, which is an unusual location for a chancel arch but likely served as an arch for the central tower.

Local climate

Remains of Church of St Saviour sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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