Preston Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1958. Hall.
Preston Hall
- WRENN ID
- tall-column-crimson
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1958
- Type
- Hall
- Address
- Preston Hall, Hall Road, Preston St. Mary
- OS grid reference
- TL 946 502
- Coordinates
- 52.11625, 0.8421
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Preston Hall is a large timber-framed and plastered building dating from the 16th to 17th century. It features cross wings that project to the south-west at both the north-west and south-east ends, with most of the timber-framing exposed. The roof is tiled and hipped over the cross wings. There are two impressive original stacks, one with six octagonal shafts and the other with four, both featuring spur caps and moulded bases, which rest on bases adorned with moulded terra cotta ornamental panels on the front. The building has two storeys and a three-window range on the front, consisting of 3-light bar and transom casements with leaded lights. Preston Hall is situated on the site of an earlier hall.
Local climate
Preston 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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