Turks Head Crafts is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1969. Inn, shop. 2 related planning applications.

Turks Head Crafts

WRENN ID
lone-mantel-bistre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stratford-on-Avon
Constituency
Stratford-on-Avon MP: Manuela Perteghella (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 December 1969
Type
Inn, shop
Address
Turks Head Crafts, 4, High Street, Alcester, B49 5AD
OS grid reference
SP 090 574
Coordinates
52.21496, -1.86954
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Turk's Head Crafts is an inn that has been converted into a shop. It dates from the 17th century but was re-fronted and heightened in the early 19th century. The building is constructed of whitewashed brick, with the ground floor rendered. It features a slate roof with boxed eaves and two brick ridge stacks, and has an L-shaped plan. The structure is three storeys high with a two-window range. The entrance consists of a four-panelled door with an overlight and simple wood pilasters. The ground floor has canted bays, with the left bay containing paired sash windows that abut the wall on the left side. The entire facade has a flat roof. The upper floors are adorned with four-pane sash windows set under rendered stone flat arches, which have rusticated voussoirs and keyblocks. At the rear, the building is made of red brick. Inside, there are broad chamfered ceiling beams and some exposed framing, with a room at the rear featuring an open fireplace. The building also includes an early 19th-century straight flight staircase. A wrought iron scrollwork inn sign bracket with a late 20th-century sign is attached to the exterior.

Local climate

Turks Head Crafts 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 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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