Friston Hall is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 August 1983. Hall. 5 related planning applications.
Friston Hall
- WRENN ID
- lost-pinnacle-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 August 1983
- Type
- Hall
- Address
- Friston Hall, IP17 1NL
- OS grid reference
- TM 405 603
- Coordinates
- 52.18856, 1.51727
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Friston Hall is a building originally constructed in the late 17th century for Sir Henry Johnson. Only part of the original structure remains, with alterations and additions made in the 18th and 19th centuries. The building is made of brick and has a slated roof, and it stands two storeys high.
The oldest section features a range of four windows, which are sash windows with glazing bars set in flush frames and topped with segmental arches. There is a string course at the first floor level, and the eaves are supported by wooden brackets. The lower edge of the roof has decorative boarding, and there is a chimney with grouped stacks and a hipped roof.
To the west, there is an 18th-century wing that matches the original style, featuring a two-window range and a doorway flanked by pilasters and an entablature. The entrance has a six-panel door, with the upper two panels glazed, and is topped by a rectangular fanlight with glazing bars. To the north, there is a lower two-storey extension from the 19th century.
Local climate
Friston Hall sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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