Aviary is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1987. Aviary.
Aviary
- WRENN ID
- unlit-quartz-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Lowestoft MP: Jess Asato (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1987
- Type
- Aviary
- Address
- Aviary, Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet
- OS grid reference
- TM 492 978
- Coordinates
- 52.52146, 1.67314
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Aviary at Somerleyton Park was built around 1846 by John Thomas for Sir Morton Peto and was restored between 1984 and 1985. The northern section features a timber-framed octagonal structure with a domed leaded roof topped by an octagonal turret, which has a swept roof (the finial was missing at the time of the survey). The overhanging eaves are supported by wooden brackets at the corners, and above them are pierced pinnacles with raised fretwork in between. To the south, there is a simple lean-to section divided into three compartments, with boarded partitions that have ogee-headed voids. The aviary is located at the northwest corner of the stable court, which it was designed to screen. The surrounding park and gardens are listed in the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission County Register of Gardens at Grade II*.
Local climate
Aviary receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% 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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