Little Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1958. A Medieval House. 5 related planning applications.
Little Hall
- WRENN ID
- haunted-granite-lichen
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1958
- Type
- House
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Little Hall, Market Place, Lavenham, CO10 9QZ
- OS grid reference
- TL 916 493
- Coordinates
- 52.10907, 0.7971
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Little Hall is a 15th-century timber-framed and plastered building located on the north-east side of Lavenham Market Place. Originally featuring cross wings and a central hall, it is believed to have served as the Wool Hall for William Causton, a notable clothier in Lavenham. The building now serves as the headquarters of the Suffolk Preservation Society. It underwent extensive restoration in the 1930s, during which all the timber-framing was exposed. The roof is tiled, and the building has two storeys. The upper storeys of the cross wings are jettied on exposed joists, although the gable of the south-east cross wing has been removed and roofed to match the pitch of the main block. The windows and doors are designed in a period style, including a tail mullioned and transomed window in the centre block. The interior, while significantly restored, retains many original features, including a king-post roof.
Local climate
Little 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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