720, Norwich Road is a Grade II listed building in the Ipswich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1977. House.
720, Norwich Road
- WRENN ID
- tall-attic-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ipswich
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1977
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- TM 141 475
- Coordinates
- 52.08489, 1.12352
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 720 on Norwich Road is a late 18th century or early 19th century house that is timber-framed and plastered. It has two storeys and features a five-window range with double-hung sash windows that include glazing bars. The window located above the doorway to No 720 is smaller and narrower than the other windows. The entrance has a doorcase adorned with fluted pilasters and a cornice, while the adjacent No 718 has a modern doorcase and a modern bay at its south-east end. A raised band runs between the two storeys. The roofs are tiled, featuring one end chimney stack and one internal chimney stack.
Local climate
720, Norwich Road sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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