Lovejoy Antiques is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1988. Meeting hall, antiques showroom. 2 related planning applications.
Lovejoy Antiques
- WRENN ID
- scarred-roof-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1988
- Type
- Meeting hall, antiques showroom
- Address
- Lovejoy Antiques, 52, High Street, Debenham, IP14 6QW
- OS grid reference
- TM 174 631
- Coordinates
- 52.22339, 1.18186
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building began as a meeting hall for the Ancient Order of Foresters and is now an antiques showroom. It was constructed in 1905, designed by Ipswich architect Raymond Wrinch, as recorded on the foundation stone. The facade is white brick with stone dressings, while the rest of the building is red brick. It has a slate roof and is two storeys high. The facade is unaltered and consists of three bays. The ground floor features four piers with banded rustication, connected by a moulded string course. These piers support coupled engaged Ionic columns that support an entablature and a dentilled, pedimented gable. Side bays have sash windows with glazing bars, set within moulded architraves with triple keys. Upper windows have broken pediments supported by brackets. The central bay has a tripartite panel, pedimented to match the upper windows, displaying a coat of arms. A keyed oculus is located in the gable. A moulded, semi-circular, triple-keyed entrance arch, with a panelled soffit and supported by coupled columns, provides access. Inside, the original paired semi-glazed doors remain, along with a cornice above and flanking sash windows. The interior includes a gallery with bowed iron railings. The building is a prominent feature of the street, making an important contribution to its character and is included on the list for group value.
Local climate
Lovejoy Antiques sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1999
- 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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