Stable and Coach House Block, 30 Metres South West of Playford Hall, with Attached Wall Extending 40 Metres Southwards is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1966. Stable and coach-house block.
Stable and Coach House Block, 30 Metres South West of Playford Hall, with Attached Wall Extending 40 Metres Southwards
- WRENN ID
- turning-wall-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1966
- Type
- Stable and coach-house block
- OS grid reference
- TM 213 476
- Coordinates
- 52.08259, 1.2288
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The stable and coach house block, located 30 metres southwest of Playford Hall, dates from the late 16th century and underwent remodelling in the 19th century. On the left side is a two-storey coach house, while the right side features garaging with staff accommodation above. At the rear, there is a wing providing additional accommodation, with lean-to stabling added around 1800. The building is constructed of red brick, with the original work in English bond. The south end has a crow-stepped parapet gable, and similar gables at the north and west ends were rebuilt in the 19th century, featuring moulded terracotta copings. The roofs are covered with plain tiles and have 19th-century red brick chimneys. Most windows are 19th-century sash types with segmental arched heads. The south gable displays altered original mullioned windows, plastered to resemble stone dressings. There are various 19th-century boarded doors. The rear wing includes 19th-century mullioned and transomed windows that match the 16th-century work. The roof features 16th-century wind-braced clasped-purlins. In the lean-to stable at the rear, there is a section of wall-plate richly carved with a trailing-leaf design from around 1600, likely taken from the demolished hall range of Playford Hall. Additionally, a late 16th-century length of brick garden wall extends southwards from the southeast corner, interrupted by a gateway and repaired in the 18th century.
Local climate
Stable and Coach House Block, 30 Metres South West of Playford Hall, with Attached Wall Extending 40 Metres Southwards 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 lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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