King's Head Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1952. Hotel. 3 related planning applications.
King's Head Hotel
- WRENN ID
- fallow-jade-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 October 1952
- Type
- Hotel
- Address
- King's Head Hotel, High Street, Ross-On-Wye, HR9 5HL
- OS grid reference
- SO 598 241
- Coordinates
- 51.91442, -2.58497
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The King's Head Hotel is a 17th-century building located on the north side of High Street. It stands three storeys tall and is constructed of brick, featuring an early 19th-century stucco front. The façade includes five sash windows; the third-floor windows have interlacing glazing bars, while the first-floor windows are adorned with flat rusticated arches and key blocks. The building is enhanced by six Ionic pilasters that extend from the ground to a frieze with a cornice situated below the top floor windows. The doorway is notable for its wide open pediment supported by attached Ionic columns, along with entablature blocks and an elliptical fanlight. Inside, there are some 17th-century panelled doors. The King's Head, along with Nos 9 to 11 (consecutive), "Serendipity," and No 13, form a cohesive group.
Local climate
King's Head Hotel receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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 — 3 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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