Doctors Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1987. A C15 House. 2 related planning applications.

Doctors Lodge

WRENN ID
waiting-footing-candle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Suffolk
Constituency
Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 October 1987
Type
House
Address
Doctors Lodge, 1 and 2, Skinners Lane, Metfield, IP20 0LH
OS grid reference
TM 293 802
Coordinates
52.37256, 1.36854
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Doctors Lodge is a house that has been divided into two separate residences. The building is a complex structure made up of three main parts: the western section dates back to the 15th century and has seen significant later alterations (this is No. 1), while attached to the east is a parlour range from the late 16th or early 17th century (part of No. 1 and part of No. 2). There is also a 19th-century addition to the north (No. 2). The older sections are timber framed and plastered, featuring pantiled roofs, except for two slopes that have plaintiles. The building stands two storeys high with attics in the older parts.

The windows vary: No. 1 has mainly 19th-century windows, while No. 2 features large-paned windows from the mid-20th century. The 19th-century addition includes a four-panel door, with the upper two panels being glazed, and a gabled timber trellis porch. Each section has its own internal stack. The two-cell western range contains part of what was once an open hall house, showcasing the cambered tie beam of the open truss (with the bracing removed) and a moulded and crenellated beam against the inserted stack, likely a dais beam. There is exposed studding at the first-floor level, although the original roof has been lost. The adjacent parlour range has undergone some alterations, featuring ovolo-moulded cross-beamed ceilings on each floor.

Local climate

Doctors Lodge sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% 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 — 6 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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