The Old House (Number 49) is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1971. Terrace of houses. 3 related planning applications.

The Old House (Number 49)

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 November 1971
Type
Terrace of houses
Address
The Old House (Number 49), 51 and 51a, High Street, Southwold, IP18 6DJ
OS grid reference
TM 506 762
Coordinates
52.32723, 1.67713
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old House (Number 49) is a terrace of three houses, now comprising a house, a flat, and two shops. It dates from the mid-18th century and was extended on both sides in the early 19th century, with a conversion to its current use in the mid-20th century. The building is constructed of colourwashed brick and features roofs made of pantiles, plain tiles, and slate. It has an internal gable end stack to the left, a central ridge stack, and a ridge stack to the right of centre, which was formerly located at the gable end.

The exterior consists of two storeys and a dormer attic, with a ten-window front. The five central window bays are separated from the rest by giant pilasters with block capitals, with the right pilaster truncated to accommodate a recessed door for No.49. The door for No.49 is six-panelled with glazed upper panels and is accessed by steps. To the right, there is a subsidiary doorway and an additional inserted 20th-century sash window.

No.51 features a 20th-century plate glass door in a timber doorcase with fluted pilasters and a plain entablature, positioned beside a 20th-century bowed shop display window. No.51A has a half-glazed door set in a similar timber doorcase, along with a similar bowed shop display window. All ground floor sashes have 6/6 glazing bars and gauged skewback arches, while the first floor sashes have flush frames and 6/6 glazing bars. The building is topped with a dentilled eaves cornice and a gabled roof that includes two dormers: one hipped with a 2/2 unhorned sash and the other flat-topped with a 2-light casement.

Inside No.49, there is a chamfered spine beam with jewel stops.

Local climate

The Old House (Number 49) 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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