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
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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- 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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