Remains of Church of St Mary, Thorpe Parva is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1959. Ruin.
Remains of Church of St Mary, Thorpe Parva
- WRENN ID
- plain-foundation-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1959
- Type
- Ruin
- Address
- Remains of Church of St Mary, Thorpe Parva, Bungay Road, Scole
- OS grid reference
- TM 160 790
- Coordinates
- 52.36665, 1.1726
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The remains of the Church of St Mary in Thorpe Parva consist of a 12th-century round tower. The structure is in ruins, standing at only about half its original height, with only the southwest and northwest sides still intact. The tower is constructed of flint rubble.
Local climate
Remains of Church of St Mary, Thorpe Parva sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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