156 and 158, Norwich Road is a Grade II listed building in the Ipswich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1994. House. 3 related planning applications.
156 and 158, Norwich Road
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ipswich
- Constituency
- Ipswich MP: Jack Abbott (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 August 1994
- Type
- House
- Address
- 156 and 158, Norwich Road, IP1 2PT
- OS grid reference
- TM 154 452
- Coordinates
- 52.06367, 1.14192
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
156 and 158 Norwich Road are a pair of houses built around 1840. They are constructed from white brick with red brick returns and feature slate roofs. The buildings are two storeys high with a basement and have a four-window range, with entrances located in rebated one-bay wings on either side. The facade is divided by a central pilaster, with additional pilasters at each end. The windows are 6/6 unhorned sashes set under gauged skewback arches. There are 20th-century area railings present. The hipped roof has a central common stack. The entrance bays on the sides have steps leading up to four-panelled doors, which are topped with plain fanlights and set in stuccoed surrounds. Each house has a recessed 6/6 unhorned sash window at the first floor, also under gauged skewback arches, and these side bays are topped with hipped roofs. Attached to the right and left are former carriage houses, with the one at No.158 featuring original double timber doors and a pedestrian door that leads to a passage at the rear. The carriage houses have gabled roofs. The rear elevation shows a six-window range under double shallow hipped roofs, with 6/6 unhorned sashes under segmental arches. The service wing at the rear of No.156 remains, while the corresponding wing for No.158 has been demolished.
Inside No.158, there is a stick-baluster staircase, although the balusters for all but the basement flight have been replaced in the 20th century with turned balusters. The interior also features four-panelled doors, plain plaster cornices, ceiling roses, and two plain marble fireplaces.
Local climate
156 and 158, 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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