Town Hall is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 April 1949. Town hall. 6 related planning applications.
Town Hall
- WRENN ID
- little-belfry-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 April 1949
- Type
- Town hall
- Address
- Town Hall, Market Place, Southwold, IP18 6EE
- OS grid reference
- TM 508 761
- Coordinates
- 52.32624, 1.67935
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Town Hall in Southwold is a building that was originally a house, dating from around 1810, and was converted into a Town Hall in the early 20th century. It is constructed of gault brick and features a hipped roof covered with black-glazed pantiles.
The exterior has three storeys and a three-window front. On the left side, there is a six-panelled door with a plain overlight set in a simple doorcase. To the right of the door are two six-over-six horned sash windows that replaced the original fire station doors. The first-floor windows are six-over-six unhorned sashes, each set under gauged skewback arches, while the second floor features similar three-over-six sashes. A full-width cast-iron balcony is present on the first floor.
Inside, there is a straight staircase with turned balusters. The first floor houses the Council Chamber, which was formerly two rooms. This chamber includes two mid-19th century fire surrounds and floral and acanthus plaster cornices. The windows contain stained glass portrait roundels depicting former mayors and notable figures from the town.
Local climate
Town Hall 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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- Related listed building consents — 6 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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