Detached Tower of Church of St Michael is a Grade I listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1948. A C16 Church. 2 related planning applications.

Detached Tower of Church of St Michael

WRENN ID
gaunt-truss-dawn
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Lowestoft MP: Jess Asato (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 March 1948
Type
Church
Address
Detached Tower of Church of St Michael, Beccles
OS grid reference
TM 421 904
Coordinates
52.45834, 1.56251
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The detached tower of the Church of St Michael was started around 1500 and finished in 1540. It is constructed of stone.

Local climate

Detached Tower of Church of St Michael receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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