Wilford Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1966. House. 6 related planning applications.
Wilford Lodge
- WRENN ID
- last-tower-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1966
- Type
- House
- Address
- Wilford Lodge, Station Road, Melton, IP12 1PX
- OS grid reference
- TM 284 505
- Coordinates
- 52.10594, 1.33397
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wilford Lodge, originally a single house now divided into two occupations, dates back to the 17th century, with an altered right-angled wing added in the early 19th century. It is constructed of timber framing with sections of stucco over red brick, and has a tiled roof. The left-hand wing features a stuccoed Dutch gable with a chimney stack. The front elevation has a hipped roof and a five-window range of sash windows with glazing bars set in recessed frames. The left-hand wing has a four-window range, one of which is blocked, and also features sash windows with glazing bars in flush frames. A portico in antis, featuring pilasters and an arched dummy fanlight in Adam style, provides the entrance. The door is a six-panelled fielded door with matching linings. The interior retains plastered ceilings with exposed beams and a fine 18th-century staircase with twisted balusters. Additionally, there is an Adam-style mantelpiece.
Local climate
Wilford Lodge 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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