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

SOUTHWOLD

TM5075 GUN HILL 588-1/6/43 Watch House 22/11/71

GV II

Garden house, later coastguard look-out; now Royal National Lifeboat Institution museum. 1800, converted and altered in mid C20. Colourwashed brick with pyramidal slate roof and cupola. EXTERIOR: single storey, octagonal on plan. Steps lead to boarded door. Three sides towards sea are fitted with C20 plate glass viewing window. INTERIOR: plain. HISTORY: the building, known locally as The Casino, was built originally to serve as a garden reading house. (Bottomley A & Hutchinson J: Discovering Southwold: Southwold: 1988-: 2-3).

Listing NGR: TM5079675736

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