Wildes House is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1949. House. 1 related planning application.
Wildes House
- WRENN ID
- calm-lantern-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Lowestoft MP: Jess Asato (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 December 1949
- Type
- House
- Address
- Wildes House, 80, High Street, Lowestoft, NR32 1XN
- OS grid reference
- TM 551 936
- Coordinates
- 52.48087, 1.75585
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wilde's House is a house that has been converted into offices, dated 1586. It is constructed from tarred knapped flint with white-painted brick and stone dressings, topped with a pantile roof. The building has two storeys and a dormer attic, sitting on a plinth course. On the extreme right side, there is a square-headed carriage arch that leads to Wilde's Score. To the left of this arch is a three-panel door with a lintel featuring diamond panels and a plaque that reads "1586 W.M." There are four 20th-century replica sash windows to the left, arranged in groups of three and one, with the outer two in the group of three being entirely modern insertions. These windows have exposed boxes and chamfered painted reveals. The first floor has four similar sash windows. The gabled roof includes three flat-topped dormers fitted with 20th-century casements, and there is a ridge stack located to the left of the center. The north and south parapets have been rebuilt and rest on moulded kneelers. The rear elevation features five windows on each floor, arranged irregularly, all of which were formerly mullioned but now have late 20th-century casements. Inside, all fittings have either been removed or boarded over. The late 16th-century roof structure has undergone many renewals, featuring principals with chamfered slots for the through purlin, added lower purlins, curved windbraces, and collars.
Local climate
Wildes House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% 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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