Causeway at Letheringham Old Hall is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 August 1988. Causeway.
Causeway at Letheringham Old Hall
- WRENN ID
- quartered-glass-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 August 1988
- Type
- Causeway
- Address
- Causeway at Letheringham Old Hall, the Street
- OS grid reference
- TM 280 580
- Coordinates
- 52.1734, 1.33307
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The causeway at Letheringham Old Hall dates from the 15th or 16th century and carries the drive across a moat. It is constructed mainly of brick in header bond, with some patches of 18th or 19th-century brick in random bond. The lower part of the causeway has solid walling without any archway, topped with 19th-century brick coping. The north face features the remains of a polygonal buttress on the right side, while the south face is similar but lacks the polygonal buttress and has some patching in white brick. Alongside the causeway, running south along the western bank, is a revetment from the 15th or 16th century. This includes the base of a polygonal projection on the far left, some cement-rendered sections, shoring buttresses on the right, a further projecting portion of ashlar on the right (possibly the base of a garderobe tower), and a stretch of patched brick walling further to the right.
Local climate
Causeway at Letheringham Old Hall sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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