Ridgewell Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 May 1984. Manor house.

Ridgewell Hall

WRENN ID
steep-zinc-stoat
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 May 1984
Type
Manor house
Address
Ridgewell Hall, Hall Lane
OS grid reference
TL 739 407
Coordinates
52.03801, 0.53519
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ridgewell Hall is a manor house built in the late 17th century, with alterations made in the 18th and 19th centuries. It features a timber frame that is plastered and has a roof made of handmade red clay tiles. The building consists of five bays arranged approximately east-west, with a north-facing aspect and one axial chimney stack located one bay from the eastern end. There is a 19th-century extension to the south of the western end, creating an L-plan, which includes one chimney stack at the junction and another axial stack. A single-storey lean-to extension is present at the southern end. The house is two storeys tall.

The 18th-century entrance elevation is on the north side, while the 19th-century entrance is on the west side. The north elevation features a nearly central eight-panel door with a fluted doorcase and a bracketed hood from the 18th century. There are four early 18th-century double-hung sash windows with 16 lights, along with one early 19th-century sash window. On the first floor, there are five similar early 18th-century sash windows and one similar 19th-century sash window. The roof is hipped. The south elevation includes one early 18th-century sash window, and both periods of windows contain much crown glass. The west elevation has a 19th-century gabled porch with fretted bargeboards.

Inside, the east ground floor room features 18th-century pine panelling and a recessed half-cylindrical cupboard located south of the adjacent stack. On the first floor, to the west of the same stack, there is a late 19th-century cast iron grate with a contemporary surround made of glazed ornamental tiles, which is a notable relic from its period. The roof structure includes clasped purlins.

Local climate

Ridgewell Hall sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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