Abbots Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. Farmhouse.
Abbots Hall
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-chamber-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Abbots Hall, Earl Soham Road, Pettaugh
- OS grid reference
- TM 173 590
- Coordinates
- 52.18644, 1.17789
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Abbots Hall is a farmhouse dating from the mid-16th century, with alterations made in the 17th and 19th centuries. The main range, which faces north, has a three-cell plan and features a lobby entrance that was added in the 17th century. The building is two storeys high and constructed with timber framing and plaster, showcasing some 18th-century herringbone pargetting in large panels. The roof is covered with plain tiles and has a central chimney made of red brick that dates from the 16th or 17th century. The windows are mid-19th-century casements.
A cross-wing was added to the right end of the house in the 17th century, and the mid-19th-century remodelling includes encasing this section in red brick, which is now painted, and features a pair of splayed bays. The entrance door has six panels and is sheltered by a gabled porch with plain tiles, which is supported by brackets and has trelliswork infilled spandrels. The plain 16th-century framing is mostly hidden, and the roof structure includes queen posts that are stout and well jowled but lack braces. The farmhouse is partially surrounded by a medieval moat that has been infilled in places.
Local climate
Abbots Hall sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 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 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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