Coastguard Station is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 February 1986. Coastguard station.

Coastguard Station

WRENN ID
ghost-stone-willow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 February 1986
Type
Coastguard station
Address
Coastguard Station, Langer Road, Felixstowe
OS grid reference
TM 292 330
Coordinates
51.94896, 1.33494
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Coastguard Station, located on Langer Road in Felixstowe, is a Martello tower dating from around 1810 to 1812. It is constructed of gault brick with cement rendered stone dressings. The tower is round and features a flat roof, which supports the coastguard building above. The structure has three stages. The middle stage includes a doorway with a cambered head and loop openings, all framed with stone quoins and a keystone, while the loops are set beneath flat arches. Inside, the station retains original musket racks and powder stores.

Local climate

Coastguard Station 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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