Belchamp Hall, Including Outbuilding at Rear is a Grade II* listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1955. A Early 18th century Mansion. 2 related planning applications.
Belchamp Hall, Including Outbuilding at Rear
- WRENN ID
- burning-cornice-sable
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 November 1955
- Type
- Mansion
- Period
- Early 18th century
- Address
- Belchamp Hall, Including Outbuilding at Rear, Hall Road, Belchamp Walter, CO10 7AT
- OS grid reference
- TL 826 406
- Coordinates
- 52.03453, 0.66128
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Belchamp Hall is a small mansion built around 1720, located on Belchamp Walter Hall Road. The building is constructed of red brick and features a gabled peg tile roof for the front range, with a series of hipped roofs at the rear, creating a 'double pile' plan. It generally has two storeys with attics, and includes a complex group of attached outbuildings at the rear, mostly one storey with attics.
The facade consists of nine bays with double hung sash windows that have small panes, and it features parapetted gable ends. The central bay, which has a pediment over the first floor, projects slightly forward. The two bays at each end are accentuated with giant pilasters that suggest corner pavilions. The walling is made of fawn gault bricks, while the dressings, aprons, and pilasters are crafted from carefully rubbed and gauged red brick. Behind the parapet, there are three pedimental dormers, with the center one being semi-circular.
A late 18th-century central stone porch is adorned with Doric pilasters and urn finials. The plinth features a series of semi-circular relieving arches that are partly exposed above ground level. On the south front, there is a two-storey 19th-century canted bay window that matches the brick detail of the main front. The gable ends have large rectangular chimney stacks.
Inside, the entrance hall has a stone flagged floor and a dog-leg staircase of simple late 18th-century design. The half landing boasts an elaborate semi-circular headed window, which is glazed with fragments of 16th, 17th, and 18th-century stained glass. Similar glass panels are incorporated into the ground floor front sash windows. The southern room of the front range features late 18th-century panelling, doors, and internal window shutters. The northern room is also panelled and includes an overmantel with friezes and various fragments of linen-fold and marquetry work. A pair of late 18th-century Ionic red marble columns stand in antis.
The rear outbuildings consist of two square tower-like brick structures topped with peg tile pyramid roofs, connected by a single-storey link block. To the north of these, there is a one-storey and attic block, partly covered in white weatherboarding, which features a painted timber cupola.
Local climate
Belchamp Hall, Including Outbuilding at Rear sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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- Radon risk assessment
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