Watch House is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1971. Museum.

Watch House

WRENN ID
idle-barrel-snow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Country
England
Date first listed
22 November 1971
Type
Museum
Address
Watch House, Gun Hill, Southwold
OS grid reference
TM 507 757
Coordinates
52.32239, 1.67885
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Watch House is a garden house that was later used as a coastguard look-out and is now a museum for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. It was built in 1800 and underwent conversion and alterations in the mid-20th century. The structure is made of colourwashed brick and features a pyramidal slate roof with a cupola.

The building is single storey and has an octagonal shape. Steps lead up to a boarded door, and three sides facing the sea are fitted with 20th-century plate glass viewing windows. The interior is plain. Originally known locally as The Casino, the building was constructed to serve as a garden reading house.

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