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
- Source
- Historic England listing
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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2005
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