Girls Friendly Society Hostel is a Grade II listed building in the Ipswich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1972. Hostel. 2 related planning applications.

Girls Friendly Society Hostel

WRENN ID
sacred-doorway-burdock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ipswich
Constituency
Ipswich MP: Jack Abbott (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 August 1972
Type
Hostel
Address
Girls Friendly Society Hostel, 2, Burlington Road, IP1 2EU
OS grid reference
TM 156 448
Coordinates
52.06002, 1.14503
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Girls Friendly Society Hostel, located at 1260 Burlington Road, is a building originally constructed as a terrace of early to mid 19th century grey gault brick houses. It is two storeys high and features a seven-window range on Burlington Road, along with a narrow splayed corner that has one window range and a three-window range on London Road. The windows are double-hung sashes with glazing bars set in plain reveals. A brick band runs between the storeys, and the front of the building is enhanced with pilaster treatment. The doorway is topped with a semi-circular headed fanlight, and the roof is covered with slate. This building is listed as grade II due to its group value with the nearby Sunday School to the southwest, and it forms part of a group with No 2 (Girls Friendly Society Hostel) and the Burlington Baptist Church Hall.

Local climate

Girls Friendly Society Hostel 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2018
  • 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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