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
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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
- 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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