The Fox and Hounds Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 October 1984. Public house. 4 related planning applications.
The Fox and Hounds Public House
- WRENN ID
- broken-cornice-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Charnwood
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 October 1984
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Fox and Hounds Public House, 2, High Street, Syston, LE7 1GP
- OS grid reference
- SK 627 117
- Coordinates
- 52.69951, -1.07303
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Fox and Hounds Public House is a building that dates from the late 16th century or early 17th century and may have originally been two separate dwellings. It features rough cast render over what is possibly a timber frame and has a Welsh slate roof. The building is two stories tall and is positioned at an angle on the corner of the street.
On the right side of the facade, there is a cart entry, with a doorway next to it and a 2-light casement window to the left. The longer section of the building has a doorway on its right side, a 4-light sash window next to it, and paired 4-light sashes to the left. The five upper windows are all 3-light horizontally sliding sashes. There is a stack on the left gable and another at the angle of the building.
Inside, there are remnants of an inglenook fireplace and a large chamfered spine beam with roll moulded stops. The building is reputed to be cruck framed.
Local climate
The Fox and Hounds Public House receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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