High Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 July 1988. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.

High Hall

WRENN ID
twelfth-render-wren
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Suffolk
Constituency
Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 July 1988
Type
Farmhouse
Address
High Hall, Walsham-Le-Willows
OS grid reference
TM 026 716
Coordinates
52.30562, 0.97028
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

High Hall is a former farmhouse, now derelict, dating from the late 16th century. It features a timber-framed structure that is roughcast-rendered, with a roof originally covered in plaintiles, though it is now partially stripped. The building has two storeys and a three-cell plan, with a cross-entry and an internal chimney stack. The stack has two rebuilt square shafts set diamond-wise on an older base. The windows are mainly Edwardian casements, primarily three-light with transoms, and there is a 20th-century entrance door.

Inside, the structure has plain studding and reversed bracing, with modernized fireplaces. The main beams are adorned with chamfer and scroll stops, and the main posts have long jowls. There are plain rectangular doorways leading to two service rooms, and a newel stair is located by the stack. The roof includes clasped purlins, principal rafters, and windbraces. There are 19th-century additions at the rear, constructed partly in brick and partly in clay lump. The house is situated on an isolated, moated site and has been unoccupied for over 20 years.

Local climate

High Hall sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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