The Saracens is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 August 1972. A C18 Former public house, house. 5 related planning applications.

The Saracens

WRENN ID
calm-wicket-ivory
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stratford-on-Avon
Constituency
Stratford-on-Avon MP: Manuela Perteghella (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 August 1972
Type
Former public house, house
Address
The Saracens, Halford Road, Ettington, CV37 7TL
OS grid reference
SP 267 485
Coordinates
52.13473, -1.61056
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Saracens is a former public house, now a house, dating from the 18th century with 19th-century additions. The building is constructed of painted limestone rubble with sandstone quoins and features a steeply pitched hipped and gabled plain tile roof, which has been partly renewed, along with brick end stacks. It has an L-plan layout.

The main part of the building is two storeys high and has a three-window range. The entrance, located to the right of the centre, features a renewed door set within a moulded wood doorcase and is sheltered by a 20th-century rustic porch. Flanking the entrance are canted bay windows, each with small-paned casements arranged in a 1:3:1 pattern under cornices and hipped roofs. To the left end, there is a segmental-headed window with a three-light small-paned casement, while the first floor has windows with three-light small-paned casements. A former sign bracket with a scrolled wrought-iron support is positioned at the right end of the building.

To the right, there is an addition made of rubble with a brick end wall. This single-storey plus attic structure has a single-window range, with the ground floor featuring a window with a timber lintel above a three-light small-paned casement, and a 20th-century half-dormer in the attic. The right return has renewed windows and a stack on the gable wall, while the left return includes a lateral stack, one window with a horizontally sliding sash above a small-paned light, and a three-light casement on the first floor. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

The Saracens receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2003
  • Related listed building consents — 5 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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