Knapton House is a Grade II listed building in the Ipswich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1951. House. 4 related planning applications.
Knapton House
- WRENN ID
- night-stone-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ipswich
- Constituency
- Ipswich MP: Jack Abbott (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 December 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- Knapton House, 12, Lower Brook Street, IP4 1AP
- OS grid reference
- TM 164 443
- Coordinates
- 52.05527, 1.15576
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Knapton House is a fine 18th-century building located at 1260 Lower Brook Street. It features a striking red brick front with a parapet, a moulded wood cornice, and a plinth. The house is two storeys tall with attics and has a five-window range, showcasing double-hung sashes with glazing bars set in flush cased frames. A raised brick band runs between the storeys. The central entrance consists of an eight-panel door topped with a semi-circular fanlight that also has glazing bars, flanked by fluted pilasters and an open pediment. At the south end, there is a three-storey red brick extension with a two-window range, also featuring double-hung sashes with glazing bars in flush cased frames. The main block has a tiled roof with three flat-headed dormers, while the extension is slated. Knapton House is part of a group with Nos 6 to 18 (even) and No 18A, as well as Nos 7, 9, and 15.
Local climate
Knapton House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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 — 6 transactions since 2008
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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