21 and 23, Park Lane is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 April 1949. House. 3 related planning applications.

21 and 23, Park Lane

WRENN ID
scattered-granite-crimson
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 April 1949
Type
House
Address
21 and 23, Park Lane, Southwold, IP18 6HL
OS grid reference
TM 507 760
Coordinates
52.32487, 1.67797
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

21 and 23 Park Lane are two houses dating from the 17th century, which were encased in brick during the 19th century. They were altered and converted in the mid-20th century, featuring replacement doors and windows. The houses are timber-framed and clad in rendered and whitewashed brick, topped with a roof of black-glazed pantiles. There are brick stacks located to the left of center and at the right end.

The exterior consists of two storeys and a dormer attic, with an irregular seven-window range. Number 21 has a half-glazed door to the left of a canted bay window, which is fitted with top-hung casements. The first floor features one 6/6 unhorned sash window and one 8/8 unhorned sash window, both within flush frames. Number 23 has a recessed entrance porch in the center of the ground floor, with an early 20th-century glazed door. To the right, there is a canted bay window with top-hung casements, while to the left of the door, there are two casements and five similar casements on the first floor, all of varying dimensions. The houses have a dentilled eaves cornice and one small gabled dormer to the right of center with a casement.

The interior has not been inspected. The houses are historically associated with Thomas Gardner, who was the historian of Southwold and Dunwich from 1690 to 1769.

Local climate

21 and 23, Park Lane receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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