Suffolk House is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1987. House, shop. 2 related planning applications.
Suffolk House
- WRENN ID
- woven-quoin-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 December 1987
- Type
- House, shop
- Address
- Suffolk House, the Street, Laxfield, IP13 8DU
- OS grid reference
- TM 295 723
- Coordinates
- 52.30163, 1.36484
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Suffolk House is a house and shop dating from the early to mid-19th century. It is constructed of yellow brick and features a hipped slated roof. The building has two storeys and three windows, which are inset sashes with glazing bars set under flat stuccoed arches. The doorway is adorned with fluted pilasters and an entablature, and it has a mid-20th century door. To the right, there is a one-bay section that is set forward, and in front of this is a single-storey early 20th century shop with a contemporary shopfront. The building is included for its group value.
Local climate
Suffolk House 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 92% 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 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% 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 — 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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