St Peter's House is a Grade I listed building in the The Broads Authority local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1948. A Georgian House.
St Peter's House
- WRENN ID
- gilded-sill-tallow
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- The Broads Authority
- Constituency
- Lowestoft MP: Jess Asato (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1948
- Type
- House
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- St Peter's House, Old Market, Beccles, East Suffolk, NR34 9AP
- OS grid reference
- TM 421 905
- Coordinates
- 52.45952, 1.56256
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St Peter's House is an 18th-century building located on the west side of Old Market. It features two storeys, an attic, and a basement, constructed of red brick with a parapet and plinth. The central section of the building projects forward and is topped with a pediment. It has a wood ogee bracket cornice and a pantile roof. The facade includes a 2:3:2 arrangement of sash windows with flush frames and flat arches. To the left of the center, there is a six-panel door set in a wooden case, flanked by pilasters and an entablature.
Inside, the house boasts a good interior with some panelling. At the rear, there is a building designed in the Strawberry Hill Gothic style, featuring a stucco exterior. This building retains much of its original style, including fragments of early stained glass. St Peter's House is situated on the site of the former St Peter's Church, which was demolished in the mid-16th century. It is possible that the stained glass fragments originated from that church or from St Mary's Church in Beccles, which was demolished later in the same century.
The four sides of the Old Market contribute to its overall character, and the location is significant as it is near the center of the town.
Local climate
St Peter's House receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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