Edwins Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 December 1952. A Late C16 House.

Edwins Hall

WRENN ID
quiet-storey-thyme
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Chelmsford
Constituency
Maldon MP: Sir John Whittingdale (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 December 1952
Type
House
Address
Edwins Hall, Edwins Hall Lane, Woodham Ferrers and Bicknacre
OS grid reference
TQ 811 993
Coordinates
51.66405, 0.618
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Edwins Hall is the remaining part of a much larger late 16th century moated house, believed to have been built by Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of York, where his wife lived after his death. There is a notable memorial to her in the church of St Mary. The house is constructed of red brick with black brick diapering. The original structure may have been designed around a courtyard, and the surviving sections include the Hall and a small west wing, which has been significantly altered.

The main block is three storeys high and features a later parapet. The front has three mullioned and transomed windows with three lights on the second storey, a two-storey bay window with five lights, and another window with three lights. All windows have stone mullions and transoms. On the east side of the west wing, partially obscuring the main block, is a two-storey porch with an original stone four-centred outer archway and sunk spandrels. The wing has a small gable on the south side and a modern replica of the two-storey bay from the main block. A small wing extends further west. There are additional original mullioned windows. The roofs are tiled, and there is an original chimney stack at the rear with five shafts, the middle one set diagonally.

Inside, there is some original panelling, a panelled overmantel, and several original stone fireplaces. Most of the moat remains, along with parts of an outer moat.

Local climate

Edwins Hall sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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