Cross Keys Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Cannock Chase local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1973. Public house.

Cross Keys Inn

WRENN ID
narrow-moat-acorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cannock Chase
Constituency
Cannock Chase MP: Josh Newbury (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 January 1973
Type
Public house
Address
Cross Keys Inn, Hill Street, Hednesford, WS12 2DN
OS grid reference
SK 003 114
Coordinates
52.70043, -1.99691
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cross Keys Inn is a public house dated 1746, constructed from stucco and featuring two storeys. The building has five modern mullioned transomed casement windows with plain lintels and keyblocks. On the ground floor, there are two 19th-century bay windows that do not have glazing bars. The entrance is a modern or restored Roman arched design, while an original arch of the same style is blocked on the right-hand side. At the top, there is a parapet that includes a moulded panel with incised initials and the date.

Local climate

Cross Keys Inn receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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