Porters Hall Outbuilding at Rear and to West of Porters Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 January 1967. A C15 Outbuilding.

Porters Hall Outbuilding at Rear and to West of Porters Hall

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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 January 1967
Type
Outbuilding
Address
Porters Hall Outbuilding at Rear and to West of Porters Hall, Porters Hall End, Stebbing
OS grid reference
TL 677 236
Coordinates
51.88629, 0.43601
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The outbuilding located at the rear and to the west of Porters Hall is a structure that was once used as a dovecote but originally served as a dwelling. It dates from the 15th or 16th century and is constructed from timber framing with plaster, featuring an exposed long wall jetty on the east wall. The building has two storeys and is topped with a red plain tiled roof.

It includes six light mullion windows on both the front and rear sides of the ground and first floors, although some of these windows are now blocked. The structure consists of two bays and features arched braces supporting a stop-chamfered, cambered tie beam. The roof is supported by a two-arm crownpost, and there are jowled storey posts.

The outbuilding has an original board door, along with an 18th-century six-panel door to the left that leads to a staircase made of oak treads and risers. The jetty is supported by four curved braces, and the top plates are joined with halved and bridled scarf joints.

Local climate

Porters Hall Outbuilding at Rear and to West of Porters Hall 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 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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 0.3°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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