Norfolk House is a Grade II* listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1971. A Early 18th century House. 4 related planning applications.

Norfolk House

WRENN ID
spare-bronze-sunrise
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 December 1971
Type
House
Address
Norfolk House, 71, Thoroughfare, Woodbridge, IP12 1AH
OS grid reference
TM 275 491
Coordinates
52.09427, 1.32051
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Norfolk House is an early 18th-century building located on the north side of the thoroughfare, constructed in 1852. It stands three stories tall with projecting wings on both the left and right, each one window wide. There is a door leading to No 73, which features a modern brick bay to the right of the entrance. The building is made of red brick and has slate roofing, with stucco bands at the first and second floors. A wooden cornice adorns the central block, while the wings have stone coping at the lower level.

The façade includes three sash windows, mostly with glazing bars and flat arches, except for the central first-floor window, which is a segmental arch leading to a French window with a wrought iron balustrade on the balcony. The entrance features a six-panel door set in a case with panelled reveals, pilasters, and a frieze, with the balcony acting as a cornice supported by brackets. No 73 is complemented by a slightly set-back one-window front that matches the wings and is likely of a later date.

Norfolk House is part of a group that includes Nos 63 to 83 (odd).

Local climate

Norfolk House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 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 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 1999
  • 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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