St Mary's Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1952. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
St Mary's Hall
- WRENN ID
- rusted-ashlar-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 1952
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- St Mary's Hall, Belchamp Walter
- OS grid reference
- TL 800 397
- Coordinates
- 52.02716, 0.62357
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St Mary's Hall is a farmhouse dating from the 15th and 16th centuries. It features a timber-framed and plastered structure with peg tile roofs. The main block is two storeys high and has an 'H' plan form, with unjettied crosswings at each end. A 20th-century two-storey flat-roofed extension has been added to the rear, which is infilled between the crosswings. The front of the crosswings has gables, while the rear has half hips.
To the southeast of the main block is a two-storey structure that connects at the corner, also with a peg tile roof, gabled to the east and hipped to the west. The main front features bargeboards on the wings, 20th-century pargetting including gable top crests, and leaded light 19th-century casements. The off-centre door is framed by an early 19th-century pedimented doorcase with a lobed continuous architrave.
The southern crosswing has a 16th-century stack against its exposed flank, along with three original octagonal stacks, while the north wing has a later flank stack. The main block is primarily from the 16th century, showcasing typical corner chamfers on the north crosswing and bridging joists. The rear block is a two-storey structure with two bays and a simple but massive crown post roof. Inside, the north crosswing contains a good early 19th-century corner cupboard set into the flank wall. The site is moated.
Local climate
St Mary's Hall 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 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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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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