Walling and 2 Gateways 20 Metres North West of Place Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1955. Wall, gateway.

Walling and 2 Gateways 20 Metres North West of Place Farmhouse

WRENN ID
floating-outpost-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Suffolk
Constituency
West Suffolk MP: Nick Timothy (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 July 1955
Type
Wall, gateway
OS grid reference
TL 841 599
Coordinates
52.20676, 0.6943
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The walling and two gateways located 20 metres north-west of Place Farmhouse date back to the 16th century, likely commissioned by Sir William Drury. The wall measures 70 metres in length, with returns of 40 metres extending towards the east at both ends. It is constructed of red brick in English bond and stands about 3 metres high, featuring massive moulded clay copings. This wall was built to enclose the garden of Hawstead Place, which was demolished in the early 19th century, although its moated site remains to the east.

One of the gateways was added around 1675, probably for Sir Thomas Cullum. It consists of a pair of gatepiers made of red brick in a combination of Flemish and English bond, standing approximately 4 metres high. These piers have niches at low level with semi-circular heads made of gauged brick. They are topped with a heavy cornice and a cupola featuring a ball finial, all crafted from carved limestone. There is also a similar but simpler pair of gatepiers located in a short southward arm of the 16th-century wall, which connects to the south end of Place Farmhouse.

Local climate

Walling and 2 Gateways 20 Metres North West of Place Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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