Lyons Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. House. 5 related planning applications.
Lyons Hall
- WRENN ID
- tattered-roof-root
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- Lyons Hall, Lyons Hall Road, CM7 9GL
- OS grid reference
- TL 775 254
- Coordinates
- 51.89911, 0.57947
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lyons Hall is a timber-framed and plastered house built around 1600, with later expansions in the 18th century. It has undergone extensive renovation and restoration in the 20th century and is now finished with pebble-dash. The building has two storeys, attics, and cellars. The windows are modern metal casements with leaded lights.
On the south front, two small wings project forward, featuring gables supported by carved bressumers and braces, with carved and moulded pendants. At the north end, there is a third gable topped by a small open belfry. The north front includes two projecting gables, one of which has a carved bressumer on carved brackets. The south front features one projecting gable with carved bressumer pendants and a carved spandrel beneath the bressumer. All gables, except for the one on the north front, display exposed timber framing.
The southwest corner has been modified to create a covered loggia. The roof is tiled and features two impressive brick chimney stacks; one has three circular shafts on a rectangular base with carved spiral ornamentation and moulded brick caps, while the rebuilt stack has four circular shafts on a square base, adorned with chevron and ribbed ornamentation and moulded brick octagonal caps. The north front also includes a central gabled dormer.
Inside, there are several original features, including 17th-century panelling, doors, ceiling beams, and a square carved newel post that supports the ceiling.
Local climate
Lyons Hall sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 — 5 applications
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- 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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