The Flying Horse is a Grade II listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 March 1974. Former coaching inn. 3 related planning applications.

The Flying Horse

WRENN ID
spare-pewter-rush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Malvern Hills
Constituency
West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 March 1974
Type
Former coaching inn
Address
The Flying Horse, Bromyard Road, Knightwick, WR6 5PH
OS grid reference
SO 730 558
Coordinates
52.20013, -2.39521
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Flying Horse is a former coaching inn that has been converted into a house and shop. It dates from the 17th century and was partly remodeled in the early 19th century, with later additions to the rear. The building features a timber-framed structure with brick infill, some brick replacement walling, and a stone rubble plinth at the shop. It has tiled roofs and consists of a main range with three bays and a two-bay intersecting cross-wing that includes a large external stack and an outshut at the east gable end.

The main elevation is two storeys high and was refaced in brick in the early 19th century. The main part has two ground floor casements with cambered heads, two first floor glazing bar sashes, and a part-glazed 19th century door with a cambered head located next to the cross-wing. The cross-wing features a ground floor 16-pane sash and a first floor 4-pane sash, both with cambered heads. There is a brick chimney stack to the left of the main range ridge and an external stack on the rear east elevation of the cross-wing. The east wing has two structural bays and is single storey with a garret, featuring a ground floor casement and a central planked door.

Local climate

The Flying Horse receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% 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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