Water Lily Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Ipswich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 June 1987. Public house. 2 related planning applications.
Water Lily Public House
- WRENN ID
- buried-gable-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ipswich
- Constituency
- Ipswich MP: Jack Abbott (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 June 1987
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- Water Lily Public House, St Helens Street, IP4 2LB
- OS grid reference
- TM 170 445
- Coordinates
- 52.05645, 1.16503
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Water Lily Public House is a 19th-century building, likely with an earlier core. It is probably timber framed and rendered, with slate roofs, and may have had its eaves raised during a refronting. Originally, it featured two single bay wings extending back from the road, with a carriage entrance between them, which is now blocked. The building stands at two and a half storeys tall. The central part has a glazed doorway flanked by similar panels on the left and right. To the left, there are two sash windows, and to the right, there is a pair of part-glazed doors with similar windows on either side. A moulded entablature and a first-floor band are present. On the first floor, there are three sash windows, with the central window being smaller. Additionally, there are two inserted small-paned dormers and brick stacks at the rear. The ground floor has been obscured or reordered, and the first floor was not inspected. This building is included for its group value only.
Local climate
Water Lily Public 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1996
- 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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