The Gables is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1966. A C16 House.
The Gables
- WRENN ID
- idle-belfry-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1966
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Gables, Orford Road, Tunstall
- OS grid reference
- TM 363 550
- Coordinates
- 52.14302, 1.45274
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gables is a house, formerly known as Tunstall Hall, dating from the 16th century. It is timber framed and plastered, except for the east side of the cross wing, which features exposed studwork and red brick herringbone infill. The roof is covered with plain tiles. The building has an H plan layout with a one-storey and attic central range and two-storey cross wings. There are outshuts and modern additions at the rear. The windows are scattered, mostly consisting of casements, while the east cross wing has a ground floor sash window in a recessed frame with glazing bars. There is one dormer window with a casement. The entrance doorway features a bracketed gable canopy and a six-panelled door. The house has three brick diagonal attached chimneys and a notable ceiling in the west wing.
Local climate
The Gables 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 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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