Numbers 1 and 2 (Sonita) is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1987. Cottage.
Numbers 1 and 2 (Sonita)
- WRENN ID
- bitter-flagstone-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Lowestoft MP: Jess Asato (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Numbers 1 and 2 (Sonita), the Green, Somerleyton, Ashby and Herringfleet
- OS grid reference
- TM 484 975
- Coordinates
- 52.51881, 1.66122
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Numbers 1 and 2 (Sonita) are a pair of estate cottages built around 1850. They are constructed of yellow brick, with the slightly projecting upper floor finished in pebbledash render and applied timbering. The cottages feature a thatched roof and are designed in a picturesque style with an asymmetrical form, including a gable on the right that is set slightly forward.
The buildings are two storeys tall and have mullion and transom casement windows beneath flat arches, with the original lead lattice cames still visible in the upper part of each light. There are two half-dormers, which were originally gabled, and two doorways: one at the front and one in the right side wall. Each doorway has a gabled open timber porch, with one door being boarded and the other glazed. The gables are adorned with shaped bargeboards, and there are three stacks with grouped flues, mostly arranged in a diamond pattern.
These cottages are part of a model village of estate workers' homes built around the green for Sir Morton Peto, designed by John Thomas.
Local climate
Numbers 1 and 2 (Sonita) receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- 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
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings