The Cupola is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 March 1951. House. 4 related planning applications.
The Cupola
- WRENN ID
- vacant-latch-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 March 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Cupola, Waterloo Avenue, Leiston, IP16 4HL
- OS grid reference
- TM 438 623
- Coordinates
- 52.20514, 1.56772
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cupola is a house dating from the early 18th century, significantly restored in the mid-19th century when an upper storey was added. The building is constructed of brick with stucco and has a slate roof. There is a string course at the second floor level. It is three storeys high with a five-window range, where the centre bay is slightly set forward. The windows are sash style with glazing bars in flush frames and feature flat arches. A central porch from the 19th century has pilasters, an entablature, and a stone balustrade above, leading to a six-panel door. The house has a wood bracketed cornice, a hipped roof, and chimneys with oversailing courses. To the left side, there is a semi-circular bay on the return front. At the rear, there are two single-storey wings dating from the mid-18th century.
Local climate
The Cupola sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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 — 3 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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