The Hermitage is a Grade II* listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1951. A C16 House.
The Hermitage
- WRENN ID
- blind-mortar-martin
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Hermitage, 29, Cumberland Street, Woodbridge, IP12 4AH
- OS grid reference
- TM 271 488
- Coordinates
- 52.09157, 1.31439
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hermitage, located at 29 Cumberland Street, is a 16th-century building that stands two stories high with an overhanging first floor. It is timber framed and plastered, with a painted plinth. The roof is tiled, and the eaves have been raised to fit larger mid-19th century windows, which are elliptical headed sashes with two and three lights. The building features a central gable adorned with pierced bargeboards from the mid-19th century. There is also a rear addition from around the same period. The ground floor includes a six-panel door with an architrave and three sash windows with flush frames and glazing bars. Inside, there is a notable early lozenge-shaped plaster ceiling. The Hermitage is part of a group with the adjacent buildings numbered 23 to 31.
Local climate
The Hermitage 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2000
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