Wood Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1975. A Medieval House. 2 related planning applications.
Wood Hall
- WRENN ID
- turning-hall-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Harwich and North Essex MP: Sir Bernard Jenkin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1975
- Type
- House
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Wood Hall, Bures Road, Wormingford, CO6 3AX
- OS grid reference
- TL 934 314
- Coordinates
- 51.94824, 0.81396
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wood Hall is a medieval house, likely dating from the 15th century, with later additions. It originally had an H-shaped plan and has a painted brick extension on the east side, creating a double-range arrangement. The eastern crosswing is jettied to the north and has a very steep side purlin roof. A central hall block has a full-length lean-to addition on the north side. The windows feature a mixture of styles, including two sets of casements with three mullions and a transom in the east addition. A red brick chimney stack is centrally located on the west crosswing. The roofs are ridged and gabled, covered in peg tiles. The house is situated on a moated site, complete with a bridge. Records indicate that in 1332 William de Horkesleigh and his wife Emma held Wood Hall.
Local climate
Wood Hall sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 650 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 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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