Unicorns is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1984. House. 4 related planning applications.
Unicorns
- WRENN ID
- calm-spire-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Unicorns, Market Hill, Orford, IP12 2LZ
- OS grid reference
- TM 421 499
- Coordinates
- 52.09486, 1.53365
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Unicorns is a house dating from the late 17th to early 18th century. It is timber-framed with a brick facade that has been colour-washed, and has a plain tiled roof. The house was significantly altered in the late 19th century. The gable facing Market Hill has three canted bays with mullion and transom casement windows. The elevation facing Pump Street has a scattered arrangement of windows, including some sash windows and casements. The windows are set within segmental brick arches. A modern entrance door has been installed. Chimneys are located on the ridge and lower part of the roof.
Local climate
Unicorns sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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 — 1 transaction since 2003
- 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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