Polstead Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1958. A Georgian Hall. 3 related planning applications.
Polstead Hall
- WRENN ID
- night-stone-spindle
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1958
- Type
- Hall
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Polstead Hall, CO6 5BS
- OS grid reference
- TL 988 381
- Coordinates
- 52.00624, 0.89529
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Polstead Hall is a Grade II* listed building located in Polstead Park, approached by a drive from Water Lane. This large white brick structure features a balustraded parapet and a cornice, and it is situated in a former deer park near the Church of St Mary. The original 16th-century house was extensively rebuilt or remodeled in the late 18th century, with further improvements made in 1818-19 by W. Pilkington. There are older buildings at the rear of the property. The roof is slate, hipped, and includes three dormers behind the parapet. The building has two storeys and attics. The southeast front displays two outer two-storey splayed bays, each with a three-window range, and a three-window range between them. The windows are double-hung sashes with glazing bars. A central rusticated porch projects from the front, supported by Tuscan columns in antis. The northwest front features a twelve-window range. Inside, the building retains a 16th-century core and includes 16th-century wall paintings.
Local climate
Polstead 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2007
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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