Melton Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1985. Mansion. 4 related planning applications.
Melton Lodge
- WRENN ID
- spare-gateway-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1985
- Type
- Mansion
- Address
- Melton Lodge, Yarmouth Road, IP12 1QN
- OS grid reference
- TM 289 516
- Coordinates
- 52.11593, 1.342
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Melton Lodge is a large mansion dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed of gault brick with slated hipped roofs and features numerous brick stacks with moulded caps. The southwest-facing garden front has a curved corner on the left-hand side and a semi-circular projection on the right, which returns to the northeast side. The garden elevation has a seven-window range, with sash windows in recessed frames, featuring glazing bars and gauged brick flat arches above. The window above the entrance has a semi-circular arch and radial glazing bars to the top sash. A verandah with a lean-to slated roof is situated at ground floor level, supported by paired square wood Tuscan columns. The entrance has an enclosed porch with Tuscan pilasters and an entablature, leading to a four-panelled door with raised and fielded lower panels and glazed upper panels. A coved cornice runs along the eaves, embellished with modillions.
Local climate
Melton Lodge sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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 — 2 transactions since 2002
- 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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