Dunwich Museum is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1984. A Mid-late C19 Museum. 2 related planning applications.
Dunwich Museum
- WRENN ID
- lunar-rafter-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1984
- Type
- Museum
- Address
- Dunwich Museum, St James's Street, IP17 3DT
- OS grid reference
- TM 477 705
- Coordinates
- 52.2775, 1.63052
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dunwich Museum, formerly the parish reading room, is a building from the mid to late 19th century. It is constructed of red brick with a roof featuring plain tiles at the front and black pantiles at the rear, along with crest tiles along the ridge. The building has two storeys and a three-window range, with two-light and three-light casements that have heavy mullions and transoms, as well as metal glazing bars arranged in a geometric pattern. The windows are topped with flat brick arches. There is an asymmetrical entrance porch with a recessed doorway that has a three-centre arch and a four-panel door. The building also features two gablets at the eaves level and ornamental bargeboarding on all gables. It is included for its group value.
Local climate
Dunwich Museum receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1995
- 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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