Church of St Mary the Less, Bury Road, Thetford - Breckland
Former church, C11 foundation but building mainly late C14 with the west tower dated to C15. Closed for worship, poor condition and has suffered from vandalism. A scheme for residential conversion was granted consent but was not implemented. New proposals for residential use under discussion and owner has been awarded a Historic England Heritage at Risk grant to repair the tower and mothball the remainder of building pending development and implementation of a financially-viable scheme of conversion.
Site Details
- Designated Site Name: CHURCH OF ST MARY THE LESS
- Heritage Category: Listed Building grade II*
- List Entry Number: 1297899
- Local Planning Authority: Breckland
- Site Type: Religious ritual and funerary > Church
Location
- Building Name: Church of St Mary the Less
- Street Name: Bury Road
- County: Norfolk
- District / Borough: Breckland
- Parish: Thetford
- Parliamentary Constituency: South West Norfolk
- Region: East of England
Assessment Information
- Assessment Type: Building or structure
- Condition: Very bad
- Occupancy / Use: Vacant/not in use
- Priority: E - Under repair or in fair to good repair, but no user identified; or under threat of vacancy with no obvious new user (applicable only to buildings capable of beneficial use)
- Previous Priority: B
- Ownership: Private
- Designation: Listed Building grade II*, CA