Receiver Block at Tm 3365 3803, Bawdsey Manor is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 July 1997. Receiver block. 5 related planning applications.
Receiver Block at Tm 3365 3803, Bawdsey Manor
- WRENN ID
- lunar-keep-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 July 1997
- Type
- Receiver block
- OS grid reference
- TM 336 380
- Coordinates
- 51.99159, 1.40195
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Receiver block, built in 1937 as part of Bawdsey Manor's radio direction finding (RDF, or radar) facilities. The building is constructed of brick with a flat, reinforced-concrete roof, which is enclosed by a wall covered in flint shingles designed to disperse blast. It has a rectangular plan, featuring wooden doors and windows, and is surrounded by earth-banked blast walls. A historical note explains that transmission and reception of radio waves were vital functions of RDF, and these operations were housed in buildings protected by blast walls for defense against air attack. The design at Bawdsey established the standard layout for all "Type A" Chain Home radar stations; see the Transmitter Block description for further information about Bawdsey's significance.
Local climate
Receiver Block at Tm 3365 3803, Bawdsey Manor sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2010
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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