The Old Hall is a Grade II listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1984. House. 2 related planning applications.

The Old Hall

WRENN ID
sunken-turret-martin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Kesteven
Constituency
Grantham and Bourne MP: Gareth Davies (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 August 1984
Type
House
Address
The Old Hall, Main Street, Foston, NG32 2JU
OS grid reference
SK 858 428
Coordinates
52.97616, -0.72361
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Hall is a house dating from 1647, with 18th century and early 19th century alterations. It is constructed of coursed blue lias rubble, rough limestone ashlar, red brick, and has a 20th century slate roof. The building features a 17th century rectangular block that is highlighted by a large, undivided central stone ridge stack with pronounced coping, along with two later rendered gable stacks and stone coped gables.

The house has two storeys with an attic and a three-bay front that includes a limestone dressed rubble plinth and an ashlar band at the first floor level. There is a doorway at the north end with a partially glazed 20th century door. To the south of the doorway are two windows, with a blocked window situated between them. Above the door and the first window to the south are two additional windows, all of which feature glazing bar sashes. The upper section of the house includes two dormers with casement windows.

The north return of the building contains three blocked 17th century mullion windows, with the ground and first floor windows having four lights and the garret window featuring three lights. Above this section is a worn datestone inscribed with the year 1647. To the west of the main house are 18th century brick structures that served as a kitchen, brew and bake house, along with 19th century stables.

Local climate

The Old Hall 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 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 7 transactions since 1997
  • 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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