South House is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 April 1949. House. 2 related planning applications.
South House
- WRENN ID
- pale-forge-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 April 1949
- Type
- House
- Address
- South House, 12, South Green, Southwold, IP18 6ET
- OS grid reference
- TM 508 760
- Coordinates
- 52.32488, 1.68054
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
South House is a former wing of Centre Cliff House, now a separate residence, built in 1829. It was subdivided and rebuilt at the rear in 1949 due to war damage, and features a 20th-century conservatory extension. The house was constructed for Reverend Thomas Sheriffe and is made of gault brick with a hipped slate roof and two panelled stacks.
The exterior consists of two storeys with three bays on both the entrance and garden fronts, which are highlighted by pilaster strips. The entrance front features a central doorcase with fluted Doric pilasters, an entablature, and a fielded six-panel door beneath a six-vaned fanlight. To the left, there is a single-storey conservatory. The windows are six-over-six unhorned sashes with rendered and painted skewback arches, with the right-side windows on both floors being blind.
On the garden front, there is a central glazed door with margin glazing under a rendered and painted skewback arch. The first-floor window has been converted into French doors that open onto a cast-iron balcony, while the remaining windows match those on the entrance front. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
South House 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
- 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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