Town Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 October 1971. A 19th century Town hall. 4 related planning applications.
Town Hall
- WRENN ID
- turning-plinth-river
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 October 1971
- Type
- Town hall
- Period
- 19th century
- Address
- Town Hall, Broad Street, Eye, IP23 7AF
- OS grid reference
- TM 145 738
- Coordinates
- 52.32115, 1.14618
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Town Hall in Eye was built in 1857 by E.B. Lamb. It is constructed from banded red and gault brick, featuring flint detailing with diamond and half-diamond lozenges arranged randomly across the entire wall surface. The building has slate and lead roofs and an irregular plan, standing two storeys tall. The west face showcases five tall round-headed casements with glazing bars, complemented by a moulded brick and York stone parapet and an elevated hipped roof. Both the north and south returns have one similar casement each, topped with a pediment over the parapet. The east side features a recessed entrance that leads into a two-stage tower, which has clock faces on all four sides and an open lantern on a domed lead roof. Inside, the ground floor assembly room is supported by a roof of arched braces and king post trusses. A stone staircase leads to the council chamber on the first floor, which has a raised rectangular roof light. The Town Hall is noted for its finely detailed and eccentric design, making excellent use of the irregular site and prominently dominating the centre of Eye.
Local climate
Town Hall 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 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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
- No sale records on file
- 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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