Wall and Gateway South West of Wells Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1958. Boundary wall and gateway.

Wall and Gateway South West of Wells Hall

WRENN ID
tattered-rafter-hawthorn
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 January 1958
Type
Boundary wall and gateway
Address
Wall and Gateway South West of Wells Hall, Milden Road, Brent Eleigh
OS grid reference
TL 945 473
Coordinates
52.08989, 0.83873
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The boundary wall and gateway located southwest of Wells Hall date back to the 16th century, with repairs made in the 19th century. Constructed from English bond red brick, the wall stretches approximately 70 yards long and stands about 6 feet high. It features a plinth moulding and roll-moulded saddle-back terracotta coping, with some sections of the coping having been renewed.

At the right end of the wall, there is a small buttress with set-offs, while the left end has four larger 19th-century buttresses, also with set-offs. The gateway is positioned off-center and has a double-chamfered round arch, with the arch of the corner order being ovolo moulded. Above the arch, there are battlements adorned with three diagonally-set pinnacles, the center of which is taller than the others. Flanking the gateway are buttresses with set-offs and a 20th-century wrought-iron gate.

The southeast end of the wall has been rebuilt, and a later outbuilding has been constructed against the wall at this end.

Local climate

Wall and Gateway South West of Wells Hall sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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