Barn at Wood Hall is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1966. Barn. 6 related planning applications.
Barn at Wood Hall
- WRENN ID
- white-iron-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1966
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Barn at Wood Hall, Wood Hall Drive, Sutton, IP12 3EG
- OS grid reference
- TM 310 445
- Coordinates
- 52.05144, 1.36801
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The barn at Wood Hall, dating from the 16th or 17th century, is constructed of red Flemish bond brick and features a thatched roof. It is an undivided barn with double transepts. The north face is characterized by whitewashed brickwork and two projecting gabled transepts, which now have clapboarding on the gables. A 19th-century lean-to shed runs along the entire side. On the south front, the left-hand projecting transept seems to have never had double doors, while there is a low doorway on the right with a 20th-century cement lintel above a band of three bricks. The gable displays tumbled brickwork. The right-hand transept has been reduced to ground floor level and now has a lean-to roof. Between the two transepts is an open store supported by wooden posts. The east gable end features a projecting plinth and a section of wall with six rectangular breathers, along with a band of three bricks below the gable that has two breathers. The west gable face mirrors the east but includes a 20th-century entrance with double doors on the right.
Inside, the roof consists of 12 bays, each with principals and collars, and alternate bays featuring tie beams. Windbracing is arranged in pairs at the far ends and to the left and right of the center. The wall plates extend across the transepts, and the principals and common rafters descend to meet them, indicating that the transept roofs do not appear to have been later additions.
Local climate
Barn at Wood 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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 — 6 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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