The Fortescue Arms Public House is a Grade II listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 January 1987. Public house. 2 related planning applications.

The Fortescue Arms Public House

WRENN ID
nether-ashlar-jackdaw
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Kesteven
Constituency
Grantham and Bourne MP: Gareth Davies (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 January 1987
Type
Public house
Address
The Fortescue Arms Public House, High Street, Billingborough, NG34 0QB
OS grid reference
TF 116 340
Coordinates
52.89276, -0.34172
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Fortescue Arms is a public house, originally two houses with a single-storey range to the south. It largely dates from the early 18th century, with additions and alterations in the early 19th century, 1855, and the 20th century. The building is constructed of colourwashed rubble and brick, with pantile and slate roofs featuring decorative brick eaves, two ridge stacks, and a single gable stack.

The two-storey main block has an attic and five bays, with a two-bay single-storey rubble range projecting to the south, rebuilt in brick in 1855. A doorway is located on the left-hand side, featuring a pilastered doorcase topped by an ornate hood supported by scrolled brackets. The door itself is double-planked. Flanking the doorway are single mid-19th century canted bay windows, each containing three plain sashes. Further mid-19th century canted bay windows are situated to the right, also containing three plain sashes. Above these, three glazing bar sashes are visible on the left, with a three-light casement and a two-light casement to the right, all with segmental heads. The bays added in 1855 feature two glazing bar sashes with wooden lintels, including a datestone inscribed "1855" below. Two gabled dormers extend from the attic on the left, each with a small glazing bar sash window.

Local climate

The Fortescue Arms Public House 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 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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