The Saracen's Head Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Derbyshire Dales local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1985. Public house. 9 related planning applications.
The Saracen's Head Public House
- WRENN ID
- hidden-rubble-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Derbyshire Dales
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 July 1985
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Saracen's Head Public House, Church Lane, Shirley, DE6 3AS
- OS grid reference
- SK 218 415
- Coordinates
- 52.97124, -1.67612
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Saracen's Head is a public house dating to 1791. It is constructed of painted brick with a plain tile roof, and brick ridge and gable stacks. The east elevation has four bays, with a three-bay, double-fronted section to the south. The central doorway has a plank door and overlight, and is flanked by segmental arched windows with small-paned tripartite wooden casements. Above, a central narrow window with a flat arch is flanked by similar two-light windows, all with small-paned wooden casements. A gabled bay is set forward on the right-hand side.
Local climate
The Saracen's Head Public House receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 9 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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