The Suffolk is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 1950. Hotel. 7 related planning applications.

The Suffolk

WRENN ID
strange-corridor-khaki
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 February 1950
Type
Hotel
Address
The Suffolk, 152, High Street, Aldeburgh, IP15 5AQ
OS grid reference
TM 464 564
Coordinates
52.15145, 1.60159
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Suffolk is a hotel that has been converted into offices. It was built in the early 19th century and underwent alterations in the 20th century. The building is constructed of brick, with a stuccoed and rusticated ground floor, while the upper floors are plastered and colourwashed. It has a slate roof with an internal gable end stack to the south; the corresponding stack on the north side has been removed.

The exterior features three storeys and a five-window range. The central entrance has a six-panelled door beneath an 11-vaned boarded fanlight, which is sheltered by a portico porch supported by Tuscan columns. This porch has a deep semicircular hood with a panelled soffit. On either side of the entrance, there are two unhorned sash windows with six panes each, set under gauged skewback arches, with the outer windows being smaller. On the first floor, there is an oval light with glazing bars above the porch, three unhorned sash windows with three panes to the left, and a blind window on the right end. The second floor has five unhorned sash windows with three panes each. The building is adorned with moulded string courses at the first and second floors.

Inside, there is a stick-baluster staircase with a ramped handrail and octagonal newel posts that rises to the first floor, although the upper flights have been replaced. There are also several minor timber fire surrounds.

Local climate

The Suffolk sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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 — 5 transactions since 2000
  • Related listed building consents — 7 applications
  • 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
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