South Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1952. A Georgian House. 6 related planning applications.

South Hall

WRENN ID
spare-frieze-spring
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 August 1952
Type
House
Period
Georgian
Address
South Hall, Matfen, NE20 0SR
OS grid reference
NZ 040 747
Coordinates
55.06699, -1.93876
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

South Hall is an early 18th-century house built of ashlar stone with a stone slate roof, designed in an L-shape. The building has two and a half storeys and features seven bays, with rusticated quoins. The entrance, located in the second bay, has an early 18th-century door with decorative lower panels and a Gibbs surround topped with a cornice. A similar surround frames a window in the sixth bay to maintain symmetry. The windows are narrow 8-pane sashes set in raised moulded surrounds. The steeply-pitched gabled roof has a corniced end stack on the right and a quadripartite corniced ridge stack, while the left end stack has been removed. The roof is finished with flat coping and renewed kneelers.

On the left return, there is a Venetian stair window featuring Tuscan columns and thick glazing bars.

Inside, the house boasts a fine open-well staircase with carved tread ends, thick turned balusters, a wreathed and ramped handrail, and fluted newels. The half landing displays an inlaid marquetry sunburst, and on the first-floor landing, there is a large Baroque openwork panel instead of balusters. The back stair leading from the first to the second floor has more slender turned balusters, also from the early 18th century. The drawing room features early 18th-century fielded panelling with a dado rail and dentil cornice, while the entrance has panelling with simulated rustication and a niche with shaped shelves. Throughout the house, there are two-panel doors, and the front door is fitted with an 18th-century brass lock adorned with cherubs in the corners.

Local climate

South Hall receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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 — 3 transactions since 2003
  • Related listed building consents — 6 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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