Guesten Hall Roof is a Grade II* listed building in the Bromsgrove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 July 1986. Roof.

Guesten Hall Roof

WRENN ID
vast-fireplace-bistre
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Bromsgrove
Constituency
Bromsgrove MP: Bradley Thomas (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 July 1986
Type
Roof
Address
Guesten Hall Roof, Stoke
OS grid reference
SO 952 684
Coordinates
52.3139, -2.0714
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Guesten Hall Roof is a timber-framed structure dating from around 1320, which was rebuilt in 1865 and restored in the early 1970s. It features corrugated asbestos cladding and consists of seven bays supported by eight ornate trusses. Each truss includes an arch-braced collar with two raking struts above. The central part of the V shape is a quatrefoil, while the two spandrels are designed as trefoils. The roof also has two tiers of moulded purlins with cusped and pierced wind-braces. Originally part of the Guesten Hall of Worcester Priory, the roof was re-erected on Holy Trinity Church in Worcester in 1865. After the church was demolished in 1969, the roof was moved to Avoncroft and restored to its original pitch.

Local climate

Guesten Hall Roof receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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