Greyhound House is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1967. House, former inn.

Greyhound House

WRENN ID
gentle-arch-ebony
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stratford-on-Avon
Constituency
Stratford-on-Avon MP: Manuela Perteghella (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 February 1967
Type
House, former inn
Address
Greyhound House, 29 and 31, Henley Street, Alcester, B49 5QX
OS grid reference
SP 090 575
Coordinates
52.21609, -1.86864
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Greyhound House is a house, formerly an inn, dating from around 1600. It features a timber frame with small framing and lath and plaster infill, topped with a tile roof and a brick ridge stack that has three diagonally set square shafts. The building is L-shaped with a passage in the left corner, and it has two storeys and three unequal bays. There are two entrances, each with 19th or 20th-century doors that have five vertical panels and overlights set in moulded wood surrounds.

On the ground floor, there are two 19th-century wooden windows with three lights, mullions, and transoms. The first floor jetties out, supported by a moulded bressumer and moulded posts with scroll brackets. The early 19th-century iron casements have glazing bars. At the rear, the building shows exposed framing with brick infill. There is a timber-framed wing with jowled posts and an external brick stack, as well as a long timber-framed wing with one side faced in 18th or 19th-century brick and a plastered end wall.

Inside, much of the framing and ceiling beams are exposed, and there are two open fireplaces. A straight flight staircase from the mid to late 17th century features turned balusters.

Local climate

Greyhound House 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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