Sutherland House is a Grade II* listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 April 1949. A C19 House, restaurant. 5 related planning applications.
Sutherland House
- WRENN ID
- odd-panel-solstice
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 April 1949
- Type
- House, restaurant
- Address
- Sutherland House, 56, High Street, Southwold, IP18 6DN
- OS grid reference
- TM 506 762
- Coordinates
- 52.32741, 1.67738
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sutherland House is a house that has been converted into a restaurant. It dates from the mid-15th century and was remodeled in brick in the early 19th century. The building has a timber frame that is encased in rendered and color-washed brick, topped with a black-glazed pantile roof featuring a rebuilt central ridge stack.
The exterior is two stories high with a three-window front. On the ground floor, there are two six-panelled doors set within plain doorcases that have consoles beneath flat hoods; the door on the right is half-glazed. To the left of the ground floor, there are two 6/6 unhorned sash windows in flush frames, and directly above them, there are two similar sash windows. The right bay of the elevation features one unhorned tripartite sash window on each floor, with glazing bars arranged in a pattern of 2/2, 6/6, and 2/2.
Although the interior was not inspected, it is known to contain early 16th-century mullioned windows that were recovered during restoration work in the 1960s. One room on the ground floor and one on the first floor feature plaster cornices decorated with grape and vine motifs. The plaster ceilings showcase a variety of motifs, including fleur-de-lys, sea-horses, roses, and Greek honeysuckle ornamentation. These ceilings are likely from 1672 and were inserted during the stay of the Duke of York, who later became James II, while he was Admiral of the Fleet at the time of the Battle of Sole Bay.
Local climate
Sutherland House 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2014
- 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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