Whitefriars is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1984. House. 2 related planning applications.

Whitefriars

WRENN ID
rough-ashlar-crow
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
Whitefriars, High Street, Dunwich, IP17 3DW
OS grid reference
TM 475 701
Coordinates
52.27345, 1.62662
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Whitefriars is a house dating from the 17th century, significantly altered in the 19th century, including a new facade constructed in the early 19th century. The original structure is timber-framed, with a facade of random flint and stone, red brick dressings, brick to the gable ends, and a rear wing. The roof is covered in black pantiles. The house has two storeys and an attic. It has a three-window front, predominantly featuring 3-light casement windows with small panes and segmental arches. Two mid-to-late 19th century gabled porches are constructed from matching materials to the facade; the larger porch on the right incorporates a half-glazed door and panelled reveals, while the left-hand porch has a modern small-pane window where a door would have been. Four mid-to-late 19th century gabled dormers are present, each with a 2-light diamond-pane window. Decorative bargeboarding is found on the porches, dormers, and gable ends of the house. Inside, there is one internal stack with two 19th-century circular flues decorated with spiral motifs. A two-storey wing built of painted brick and covered with pantiles extends from the rear.

Local climate

Whitefriars 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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  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 1998
  • 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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