Shore Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1993. House. 1 related planning application.

Shore Hall

WRENN ID
high-wall-stoat
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 March 1993
Type
House
Address
Shore Hall, Cornish Hall End, Finchingfield, CM7 4HS
OS grid reference
TL 670 368
Coordinates
52.00528, 0.43299
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Shore Hall is a house dating from the late 16th century, with later additions from the late 19th century and the 1960s. It features a timber-framed structure that is rendered, topped with plain tile roofs and red brick stacks. The original 16th-century part includes a four-bay cross range with a lean-to and a gabled extension on the left side. To the right, there are two shorter parallel ranges, with the end range dating to around 1880. The 1960s wing extends from the original 16th-century range.

The garden front showcases a triple gabled facade with three bays, prominently displaying the date 1619 in the center gable. There is a half-glazed door to the left of the central range, and the windows are leaded casements with three, four, and five lights, all set under labels. The ridge stacks are located on the left and central ranges, while a large stack from the 1960s is found on the right range. Similar window designs are present on the other sides of the building.

Inside, the four-bay cross wing includes a two-bay parlour on the garden side, with a great chamber above. The mid-rail of the frame steps up to accommodate the higher ceiling in the parlour. The frame is close-studded with jowled posts, and there are external trenched down braces in the end bays of the first floor, characteristic of Suffolk bracing. The structure features edge-halved and bridled scarfs, original wattle and daub with riven oak "wattles," and sections of original render visible inside the lean-to roof space. Evidence of a four-light diamond mullion window exists in the same wall, two bays from the rear. The roof has a simple crown post design with unmoulded square posts and longitudinal braces. The parlour displays chamfered cross beams with step stops and chamfered plates, along with chamfered seam and flat section joists in the rear bay, and a large stack.

Local climate

Shore 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 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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