Townley House is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1951. House. 3 related planning applications.

Townley House

WRENN ID
salt-hall-blackthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 January 1951
Type
House
Address
Townley House, 32 and 34, Cumberland Street, Woodbridge, IP12 4AD
OS grid reference
TM 270 488
Coordinates
52.09146, 1.31358
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Townley House, located at Nos 32 and 34 Cumberland Street, was built in the late 18th century. The house is constructed of red brick with a band below the parapet featuring sunk panels, and has a stone cope. It has a tile roof. The facade has seven windows, which are sash windows with exposed frames and flat arches. The central window in No. 32 is arched with radial bars, key blocks, and springing blocks. No. 32 features a six-panel bolection moulded door set within a wooden case, with fluted Corinthian pilasters, a moulded architrave, and a dentil and modillion pediment. No. 34 has a six-panel door with fluted Doric pilasters and a pedimented entablature.

Local climate

Townley House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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  • Sale history — 6 transactions since 2002
  • Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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  • 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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