Crane Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Ipswich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 March 1980. House.

Crane Hall

WRENN ID
forgotten-chimney-tarn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ipswich
Constituency
Ipswich MP: Jack Abbott (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 March 1980
Type
House
Address
Crane Hall, London Road
OS grid reference
TM 144 441
Coordinates
52.05424, 1.12586
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Crane Hall is a late 16th century timber-framed house that has been encased in painted brick during the 19th century. It features a port range and a rear wing, both also in painted brick, creating an L-shaped layout. The front range, dating from around 1840, has a low-pitched Welsh slate roof with wide eaves and gabled ends. It is two storeys high and consists of three bays, with a central gabled projection. The building has quoin plasters and a plain brick entablature band beneath the eaves. On the left and right sides, there are two-storey wooden canted bays with sash windows. The central doorway is topped with a cornice hood supported by console brackets, and there is a sash window above it. All sash windows feature glazing bars.

At the rear, the original late 16th century timber-framed structure is faced in 19th century painted brick and has a steeply pitched Welsh slate roof with gabled ends and a central brick ridge stack. This section is also two storeys high and has two old casement windows with leaded panes on the first floor.

Inside, four of the original five bays remain, including a hall, parlour, and service area, all floored. The hall features a ceiling with a roll-moulded chamfer and stops, as well as multiple roll mouldings on the joists. The roof structure appears to be complete, although it is concealed.

Local climate

Crane Hall sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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