Garden Walls to Breckles Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1983. Garden walls.

Garden Walls to Breckles Hall

WRENN ID
swift-gargoyle-bone
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Breckland
Constituency
Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 November 1983
Type
Garden walls
Address
Garden Walls to Breckles Hall, Stow Bedon and Breckles
OS grid reference
TL 961 944
Coordinates
52.51274, 0.88864
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The garden walls to Breckles Hall are a complex of interconnecting walls that include two gardens, a courtyard, and a boundary wall. Constructed of brick with coping tiles, these walls date from the late 16th century to the early 17th century.

The main entrance features a segmental semi-circular rebated arch, which is flanked by pilasters on a plinth. Below the arch, there is a string course and a moulded brick cornice, leading to a serpentine overthrow that is punched with oval lunettes. The battlemented walls, which rest on a plinth, extend both north and south, returning to the house. The battlements and merlons are topped with terra-cotta saddleback coping tiles that sit on a saw-toothed cornice.

There are four subsidiary gateways that connect the gardens. The gateway to the courtyard from the south has a segmental arch flanked by clasping buttresses and battlements that match the walls. The gateway to the courtyard from the north features a 4-centred arch with pilasters leading to a parapet and battlements that align with the walls.

Local climate

Garden Walls to Breckles Hall sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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