The Lighthouse is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1971. Lighthouse. 3 related planning applications.
The Lighthouse
- WRENN ID
- tilted-landing-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 November 1971
- Type
- Lighthouse
- Address
- The Lighthouse, Stradbroke Road, Southwold
- OS grid reference
- TM 509 762
- Coordinates
- 52.32724, 1.6814
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lighthouse is a lighthouse built in 1892, constructed from rendered and whitewashed brick, with an outbuilding that has a slate roof. The structure features a tapering tower with a single-storey outbuilding attached to the rear, which includes the entrance. The tower has 2-light casements at intervals, with the top floor windows featuring canted top lights. The top stage of the tower is adorned with a moulded cornice below a railed balcony and a lantern stage, which includes a glazed circular lantern. The front of the tower displays the Arms of the Corporation of Trinity House. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Lighthouse 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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