The String of Horses Public House is a Grade II listed building in the South Holland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1987. Public house. 2 related planning applications.
The String of Horses Public House
- WRENN ID
- low-hall-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Holland
- Constituency
- South Holland and The Deepings MP: Sir John Hayes (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1987
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The String of Horses Public House, Boston Road, Holbeach, PE12 7LR
- OS grid reference
- TF 358 248
- Coordinates
- 52.80443, 0.01362
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The String of Horses is an early 19th-century public house, with later 19th-century additions. It is constructed of colourwashed brick, with a slate roof, wooden eaves, and single ridge and right gable stacks. The main block is six bays wide, with a central doorway set within a pilastered doorcase featuring an entablature and cornice, and incorporating partially glazed, panelled double doors. To the right are two glazing bar sash windows, and to the left a larger, single glazing bar sash window, with a doorway beyond. This doorway has a flush wedge lintel, an overlight, and a partially glazed panelled door. A small carriage archway is located beyond the doorway, featuring a basket arch, a blind overlight, a painted archivolt, and double plank doors. Five glazing bar sash windows are present above the ground floor. All windows have painted flush wedge lintels. The first floor has five glazing bar sash windows. Attached to the right is a late 19th-century, two-storey, two-bay extension with wooden dentillated eaves. This extension features a large carriage archway with a flat arch, with two plain sash windows above, each with a flush wedge lintel and keystone.
Local climate
The String of Horses Public House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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