Swaynes Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1951. House. 3 related planning applications.

Swaynes Hall

WRENN ID
steep-gable-indigo
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 November 1951
Type
House
Address
Swaynes Hall, Widdington, CB11 3SR
OS grid reference
TL 548 315
Coordinates
51.96124, 0.25198
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Swaynes Hall is a timber-framed and plastered house dating from the 16th and 17th centuries, with the remains of a moat. It is two storeys and has attics. The east front has five casement windows. On the north part of the front, a series of original pargetted panels depict conventional flowers, fleur de lys, and lions. Above the doorway is a date panel bearing the initials 'S.T.' and the date 1689, with the figure '82' beneath. The roof is tiled, featuring a large central chimney stack with six square grouped shafts and four gabled dormers on the east front. Two gabled wings project from the west side, with modern additions built between them. Inside, an original open fireplace is located on the ground storey.

Local climate

Swaynes Hall sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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