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Latitude: 52.325 / 52°19'29"N
Longitude: 1.6807 / 1°40'50"E
OS Eastings: 650907
OS Northings: 276033
OS Grid: TM509760
Mapcode National: GBR YX3.CQ1
Mapcode Global: VHM76.2TVJ
Plus Code: 9F438MFJ+X7
Entry Name: Centre Cliff
Listing Date: 21 April 1949
Last Amended: 30 March 2000
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1384441
English Heritage Legacy ID: 484875
Location: Southwold, East Suffolk, Suffolk, IP18
County: Suffolk
Civil Parish: Southwold
Built-Up Area: Southwold
Traditional County: Suffolk
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Suffolk
Church of England Parish: Southwold St Edmund, King and Martyr
Church of England Diocese: St.Edmundsbury and Ipswich
SOUTHWOLD
TM5076 SOUTH GREEN
588-1/7/127 (North side)
21/04/49 Centre Cliff: Nos.1 AND 2
(Formerly Listed as:
SOUTH GREEN
(North side)
Centre Cliff)
GV II
Also known as: Nos.1 AND 2 Dolphin House (No.1) SOUTH GREEN
Centre Cliff.
Main block of town house; now two dwellings. 1829; subdivided
and rebuilt at rear in 1949 following war damage. For Rev.
Thomas Sheriffe. Stuccoed brick; slate roof with panelled
stacks at each end and at rear.
EXTERIOR: 2-storey 5-bay front, centre bay breaking forward
slightly: each bay inset between pilaster strips. Central
projecting single-storey porch on two Ionic columns with plain
entablature, now glazed. Above, French doors on first floor
open to porch balcony with cast-iron railings. Ground floor
has French windows, those to left of porch without glazing
bars. Remaining four first-floor windows are 6/6 unhorned
sashes. Dentilled eaves cornice beneath balustraded parapet
broken by pedestal piers supporting free-standing shell
finials.
INTERIOR: No.1 Centre Cliff only inspected. Closed-string
staircase with turned balusters inserted 1978. Panelled
hardwood doors. First-floor landing has plaster frieze copied
from the Elgin marbles.
Previous list description (1971) refers to staircase with
wrought-iron balustrade and ceiling with enriched spandrels,
lit from octagonal lantern. Marble pilasters with Corinthian
caps. One room with elaborate panelled and enriched ceiling.
Listing NGR: TM5090776033
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