The Saracen's Head is a Grade II* listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 April 1952. Pub. 3 related planning applications.
The Saracen's Head
- WRENN ID
- sunken-sill-reed
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Northfield MP: Laurence Turner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 April 1952
- Type
- Pub
- Address
- The Saracen's Head, 81 and 83, the Green B38, B38 8RU
- OS grid reference
- SP 049 789
- Coordinates
- 52.4081, -1.92918
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Saracen's Head is a late 15th-century building that has been altered and extended. It features a timber-framed structure with a tiled roof and stands two storeys high, comprising three bays. The outer two bays are both advanced and project behind an internal courtyard. The right bay is the solar wing of the original hall house, which has been recently restored and showcases close-set studding with plaster infill. Its upper storey is gabled and jettied on a moulded wood bressumer. The central bay has been encased in brick and includes a ground floor passage leading to the courtyard, two doors, and two bay windows, all framed by an early 19th-century Gothic frieze, except for the smaller window. Above the bay windows, there are tripartite casements. The left bay was rebuilt in the 19th century and features another bay window with a Gothic frieze, along with a single segment-headed casement window at the first floor level.
Local climate
The Saracen's Head receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% 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 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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