Abbey Inn is a Grade II* listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 April 1951. A C18 Inn. 4 related planning applications.
Abbey Inn
- WRENN ID
- eternal-span-fern
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 April 1951
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- Abbey Inn, Abbey Green Road, Leek, ST13 8SA
- OS grid reference
- SJ 979 577
- Coordinates
- 53.11728, -2.03223
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Abbey Inn, originally known as the Bowling Green Inn, is a house that has been converted into an inn. It dates back to 1702 and has been altered and extended in the 20th century. The building is constructed from coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings, although some brick has been used for the gables. It features a Welsh slated roof with coped gables, moulded kneelers, and end brick stacks.
The inn is two storeys high with attics and has a symmetrical principal elevation. The central doorway is highlighted by a massive lintel and includes a small circular light above it, along with the date and initials. On either side of the door, there are three-light chamfer mullioned windows with 8-pane casements and 20th-century shutters. A continuous drip mould is stepped over the doorway. The first floor has two- and three-light windows, and there are gabled attic dormers with two and three lights, each featuring coped gablets.
The interior has not been inspected. There are subsidiary features including steps at right angles to the building, and the original enclosing wall has been replaced by a raised terrace with a random stone retaining wall topped with 20th-century iron railings.
Local climate
Abbey Inn receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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