The Priory is a Grade II listed building in the The Broads Authority local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1954. A C17-C18 House. 4 related planning applications.

The Priory

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
The Broads Authority
Constituency
Great Yarmouth MP: Rupert Lowe (RB)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 November 1954
Type
House
Address
The Priory, Beccles Road, St Olaves, Fritton and St. Olaves, Great Yarmouth, NR31 9HE
OS grid reference
TM 458 994
Coordinates
52.53734, 1.62395
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Priory is a house dating from the 17th and 18th centuries. It is constructed of brick with a roof of black glazed pantiles. The main facade is of two storeys and a dormer attic, spanning four bays. A panelled door is located to the right of centre, set behind a flat porch with reeded columns and engaged columns. To the right of the door are tripartite sash windows on both floors, each under a gauged skewback arch. To the left are matching tripartite sashes on both floors, with a single sash window terminating the facade to the west. A dentil eaves cornice sits below a gabled roof, which is punctuated by two low-pitched gabled dormers with casements. An internal east gable end stack is present, along with a partly external western gable end stack.

A two-storey hipped block was added to the rear in the early 19th century, comprising three bays with two tall sash windows to the ground floor and a half-glazed door from the 20th century. The first floor features three smaller sashes. All windows have glazing bars and gauged skewback arches. A dentil eaves cornice runs along the top, above a slate roof.

A one-storey and dormer attic cross wing extends north from the west end of the main block, featuring one door and two sash windows on the ground floor, and one gabled dormer in the roof.

Internally, the cellar features bridging beams with chamfered and tongue-stopped ends. Patches of 17th-century brickwork remain exposed. The roofs consist of principals, purlins, and collars.

Local climate

The Priory 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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  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2005
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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