The Willows is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Willows
- WRENN ID
- muted-balcony-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Willows, the Street, Earl Soham, IP13 7SA
- OS grid reference
- TM 234 631
- Coordinates
- 52.22135, 1.26927
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Willows is a house dating from around 1710. It has an L-shaped layout. The exterior is timber-framed and plastered, with the plaster being finished to resemble ashlar. There's a plaster cove eaves cornice and a plaintiled roof. The house is two storeys high with an attic.
The north facade, facing The Street, has two bays with well-preserved, original three-light mullion and transom windows featuring square leaded glass. A central doorway has a six-panel raised and fielded door, a shouldered architrave, a frieze, and a dentil-detailed triangular pediment. Two dormers with hipped roofs and original leaded windows are also present, along with an internal stack. The west facade has three bays, with windows similar to those on the north facade. A central entrance porch has a flat parapet and a six-panel door with the upper four panels glazed. Above the door is a rectangular fanlight with ornamental leaded glass, a reeded architrave, and a cornice. Two dormers, matching those on the north facade, complete this elevation. Inside, there's a good staircase with slender twisted balusters.
Local climate
The Willows sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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