Tuddenham Hall is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1966. A C17 House.
Tuddenham Hall
- WRENN ID
- quartered-newel-lark
- 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
- House
- Address
- Tuddenham Hall, Grundsiburgh Road, Tuddenham St. Martin
- OS grid reference
- TM 200 488
- Coordinates
- 52.09458, 1.21091
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Tuddenham Hall is a house that was formerly a manor-house, dating from the early 17th century, with significant alterations made in 1889 and 1897, likely for John Sicklemore, who died in 1644. The building has two storeys and attics, arranged in an L-plan with 19th-century additions at the rear. It is constructed of red brick, featuring bands at the first and attic floor levels. The right-hand end has a 17th-century Flemish parapet gable, which includes a hood-moulded 19th-century recess with a richly carved achievement in sandstone. The cross-wing to the left has a parapet gable that was rebuilt in the 19th century. The roofs are mainly covered with plain tiles and have predominantly 19th-century external chimneys made of red brick, each stack featuring a moulded plinth and a set of three octagonal shafts with star-tops.
Most of the windows are from the late 19th century, characterized by segmental heads made of gauged red brick and rusticated reveals, with wooden mullions and transoms. There are several 19th-century bay windows, both one and two storeys high, some adorned with moulded sandstone dressings and others featuring parapets with brick balustrading. The entrance porch, which is a fine example from the early 17th century, is made of red brick and has a Flemish parapet gable topped with limestone ball finials. The gable contains a central niche with a limestone statue of a woodwose. The round-headed doorway is flanked by brick pilasters that support a cornice, and it features a pair of 19th-century oak-framed doors with half-glazing.
At the rear, there is a parlour extension dated "1889" that is designed in the 17th-century style, and another extension to the service wing is dated 1897. Inside, a parlour fireplace boasts a richly carved surround and overmantel from the early 17th century, which was restored in the 19th century. Another room features complete but restored mid-17th-century oak wainscotting, which was taken from Cockfield Hall in Witnesham around 1890.
Local climate
Tuddenham 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 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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