Oswald House is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1948. House. 1 related planning application.
Oswald House
- WRENN ID
- wild-corridor-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Lowestoft MP: Jess Asato (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1948
- Type
- House
- Address
- Oswald House, 60, Northgate, Beccles, NR34 9AU
- OS grid reference
- TM 422 908
- Coordinates
- 52.46216, 1.56391
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Oswald House is a 17th-century building with an 18th-century facade, located on Northgate. It has two storeys and an attic, featuring pedimented dormers. The structure is made of red brick, with a band and plinth, and includes Dutch gables. The ground floor has rusticated brick quoins that are chamfered. There is a wood ogee bracket cornice with a bedmould. The house has three sash windows with flush frames, glazing bars, and flat arches. A lead rainwater head and downpipe are located on the south side of the building. Additionally, there is a screen wall with a brick moulded cope and an elliptical arched entrance leading to the entrance courtyard on the right.
Local climate
Oswald House receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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