Old Hall Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 April 1965. A C16 Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Old Hall Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- grey-plaster-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Harwich and North Essex MP: Sir Bernard Jenkin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 April 1965
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Old Hall Farmhouse, School Road, Little Horkesley, CO6 4DL
- OS grid reference
- TL 959 319
- Coordinates
- 51.95161, 0.85058
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Hall Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building located on Little Horkesley School Road. It dates back to the 16th century and possibly earlier, representing a medieval complex that is aligned east to west and features various building phases. The structure has an H-plan layout with a change in height at the east end of the hall range.
The farmhouse is two storeys high, constructed from timber framing and plaster, with a ridged roof covered in peg tiles. The north elevation includes a mix of modern casement windows and a door. To the west, there is an extension with a north lean-to, made of painted red brick in Flemish bond. A full-height stair tower on the north side is also plastered. The building features complex chimneys with four shafts. Inside the stair tower, the staircase is adorned with plain Doric balusters.
The south front of the farmhouse has wide eaves and two hipped dormers, each containing two 15-pane leaded casements. On the first storey, which dates to around 1700, there is a range of five sash windows with glazing bars and exposed boxes. The door at the east end has a flat hood without brackets. Additionally, there is a range of four wooden casements from around 1900, with brick arches above and sliding panels at the top and bottom.
Local climate
Old Hall Farmhouse 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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