The Chestnuts is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1966. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Chestnuts
- WRENN ID
- burning-shingle-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1966
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Chestnuts, 49, Church Street, Orford, IP12 2NT
- OS grid reference
- TM 422 499
- Coordinates
- 52.09474, 1.53547
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chestnuts is a pair of adjoining houses built in the late 18th century. They are constructed of red brick and feature plain-tiled hipped roofs, standing two storeys tall. The building has a five-window range with casements set in flush frames that include glazing bars. There are two entrance doorways, each adorned with Tuscan pilasters. No. 48 has a return elevation facing High Street.
Local climate
The Chestnuts 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 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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