Melton Mead is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1966. House. 1 related planning application.
Melton Mead
- WRENN ID
- shifting-paling-root
- 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
- Melton Mead, Melton Road, IP12 1PF
- OS grid reference
- TM 280 503
- Coordinates
- 52.10413, 1.32882
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Melton Mead is a late 18th-century house on the north-west side of Melton Road. It is constructed of red brick with a slated roof and extends to three storeys. The front elevation features three sash windows with glazing bars, each set within a flush frame and topped with a gauged brick arch. A glazed front door is flanked by side lights, all under a segmental fanlight with radial glazing bars. A brick plat band runs along the facade.
Local climate
Melton Mead sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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