Widdington Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1951. Hall house. 4 related planning applications.

Widdington Hall

WRENN ID
nether-cornice-equinox
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 November 1951
Type
Hall house
Address
Widdington Hall, Church Street, CB11 3SF
OS grid reference
TL 541 317
Coordinates
51.963, 0.24208
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Widdington Hall is a 15th-century moated hall house that underwent significant alterations in the 16th century when a long five-bay wing was added to the north, creating an L-shaped layout. The south front of the main block features three gables of varying sizes and a modern gabled porch. The north wing, currently used as a barn, has a red brick wall with black brick diapering on the west side and a timber-framed and plastered east wall with a weather-boarded base. On the west side, there is part of a brick crow-stepped gable with a chimney stack behind it. Adjacent to this is an early 17th-century wing that includes a small staircase projection at the west end. The windows throughout the building are modern casements, and the roofs are tiled, featuring a large square internal chimney stack in the main block. Inside, there is the original doorway leading from the former hall to the buttery wing, and an open fireplace is located in the west wall of the present kitchen. A significant amount of the original roof construction remains, although only part of the moat is still visible.

Local climate

Widdington Hall sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% 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 0.4°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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