Gateway 70 Metres South East of Moat Hall (Including Attached Walling and Outbuilding) is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 1984. Gateway.
Gateway 70 Metres South East of Moat Hall (Including Attached Walling and Outbuilding)
- WRENN ID
- lone-turret-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 November 1984
- Type
- Gateway
- OS grid reference
- TM 312 598
- Coordinates
- 52.18871, 1.38178
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gateway to Moat Hall, located 70 meters southeast of the hall, dates back to the early 16th century. It is constructed of red brick featuring diaper work in dark headers, with some stone used for the jambs of the arch. The gateway has a narrow four-centre arch, and on each side, there is a niche that contains a stone figure of a Wild Man or woodwose, although these figures are now in poor condition. At the top, there is a crenellated parapet with brick coping.
To the north of the gateway, there is a 40-meter length of walling that encloses the moat, which has weathered significantly over time. To the south, there is a short length of brick wall that includes some random flint and stone. Extending to the west is a 30-meter length of early 16th-century red brick walling, also with diaper work, standing approximately 3 meters high and built in English bond. At the west end of this wall, there is a small early 19th-century outbuilding that incorporates a considerable amount of re-used stonework.
Local climate
Gateway 70 Metres South East of Moat Hall (Including Attached Walling and Outbuilding) 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 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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