Serpentine Walls at Parham Hall is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 1984. Garden walls.
Serpentine Walls at Parham Hall
- WRENN ID
- grim-threshold-martin
- 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
- Garden walls
- OS grid reference
- TM 315 604
- Coordinates
- 52.19387, 1.38589
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The serpentine walls at Parham Hall are a rectangular arrangement of 'crinkle-crankle' walls that enclose a vegetable garden and orchard to the east of the house. These walls date from the 18th century, with early 19th-century repairs and alterations. They are constructed of red brick laid in an irregular bond and stand about 3 meters high. The curves of the walls vary, with some sections being more shallowly curved than others. Most parts are two bricks thick, and some sections are buttressed. There is an unbroken stretch along the east side, while the central section along the west has been rebuilt straight. On the south side, there is a wide original opening that provides access to a pond, which supplied water for the garden.
Local climate
Serpentine Walls at Parham 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 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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