Spexhall House is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1986. Former parsonage house. 1 related planning application.

Spexhall House

WRENN ID
twisted-keystone-pigeon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 April 1986
Type
Former parsonage house
Address
Spexhall House, Church Lane, IP19 0RQ
OS grid reference
TM 377 801
Coordinates
52.36751, 1.49148
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Spexhall House is a former parsonage house with a core dating from the 17th century, which was modernised in the early 19th century. The front of the house is dated 1822 and features the initials R.C. for Richard Crutwell, the then incumbent. The building is timber-framed and encased in early 19th-century red brick on the front and sides, with the front painted and the rear plastered. The roof has black glazed pantiles on the front slope and clay pantiles on the rear slope.

The house has an internal chimney-stack with a large plain red brick shaft and is two storeys high with attics. Most windows are early 18th-century, consisting of 3-light casements with transoms, square leaded panes, and pintle hinges, along with one cross window in the same style. These windows appear to have been reset in the brick front from an earlier phase of the house. The 1822 features include two canted bay windows on the ground floor—one on the front and the other on the south end—both with pointed Gothick tracery. There is also a single-light window in the same style beside the entrance door, which has a reeded architrave, entablature, and panelled linings, with a door that has six flush panels.

While no earlier features are visible inside, the overall form suggests a basic three-cell internal chimney house with a cross-entry, and the entrance door may still be in its original position. Additionally, there is a two-storey extension at the rear, built around 1870, which is made of red brick and has clay pantiles.

Local climate

Spexhall House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% 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 2014
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
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  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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