Moor Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 December 1952. A Medieval House.
Moor Hall
- WRENN ID
- tired-arch-rook
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 December 1952
- Type
- House
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Moor Hall, Writtle
- OS grid reference
- TL 649 064
- Coordinates
- 51.73264, 0.38774
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Moor Hall is a timber-framed and plastered house originating from the 15th century, with alterations made in the 16th century and restoration following a fire in 1959. The building is two storeys high with attics and features notable 16th-century elements. The windows are casements with leaded lights. The north front showcases two 16th-century gabled bays that extend to the full height of the house, adorned with carved barge boards, pendants, and carved bressumers on the bay windows. There is a two-storey porch with an upper storey that jetties out, featuring a gable similar to the bays. The roof is tiled and includes a prominent 16th-century central chimney stack with grouped diagonal shafts. Inside, original features are preserved, and there are remains of a moat surrounding the property.
Local climate
Moor 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 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% 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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