Whittingham Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1955. House.

Whittingham Hall

WRENN ID
heavy-step-crag
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Suffolk
Constituency
Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 July 1955
Type
House
Address
Whittingham Hall, Fressingfield
OS grid reference
TM 279 781
Coordinates
52.35382, 1.34561
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Whittingham Hall is a house dated 1653, as indicated by a brick tablet in the gable of a late 19th-century porch, though it may be older. The building is constructed of red brick in English bond and has a roof made of mid-20th century plain tiles. It stands two storeys high with attics and features a long central range flanked by projecting cross-wings, with an additional wing extending to the rear. The windows are mainly casements with square-leaded panes, primarily from the 18th century. In the left wing, there are two 17th-century two-light windows with moulded frames, along with two similar early windows at the rear.

The central gabled porch has a six-panel door, with the upper two panels glazed, and the upper part of the architrave is carved and has been reused from another source. The wings have shaped gables with circular attic windows, although the left gable and the entire right gable end were rebuilt in the mid-20th century. The house features one flat-roofed dormer and two internal stacks, the earlier one located above the porch. Originally, this structure served as a principal outbuilding of the former manor house of Whittingham Hall, which was situated within a large moated enclosure to the north. The left wing and part of the central range still exist as a barn, now used as ancillary accommodation for the house. Inside, there is a notable ground floor wooden fireplace with bolection moulding and a carved frieze.

Local climate

Whittingham 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 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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