South Lodge and Gates of Somerleyton is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1987. Lodge.
South Lodge and Gates of Somerleyton
- WRENN ID
- muted-copper-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Lowestoft MP: Jess Asato (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1987
- Type
- Lodge
- Address
- South Lodge and Gates of Somerleyton, Blundeston Road, Ashby and Herringfleet
- OS grid reference
- TM 496 970
- Coordinates
- 52.51372, 1.67826
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
South Lodge and Gates of Somerleyton Hall is a lodge and gateway built around 1846 by John Thomas for Sir Morton Peto. The structure is made of red brick with stone dressings and features a slated roof, with most of the slates arranged in a fishscale pattern. It stands at one and a half storeys high and has four projecting wings, each topped with a shaped gable. The windows are casement style, and on the road side, there is a four-light canted bay window made of stone. The wing that faces the gateway projects slightly and includes a six-panel entrance door. A central axial stack has a cruciform group of flues. To the west, there are convex walls made of brick and stone, approximately 2 meters high, with some sections that are pierced. The stone gate piers feature pierced strapwork and are topped with embellished coats of arms, along with a wrought iron gate.
Local climate
South Lodge and Gates of Somerleyton receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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