Saracen's Head Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Worcester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 April 1971. Inn. 4 related planning applications.
Saracen's Head Public House
- WRENN ID
- haunted-courtyard-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Worcester
- Constituency
- Worcester MP: Tom Collins (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 April 1971
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- Saracen's Head Public House, 4, the Tything, WR1 1HD
- OS grid reference
- SO 848 554
- Coordinates
- 52.19737, -2.22307
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Saracen's Head Public House is a building that dates back to around 1800 and was constructed over an earlier structure. It is located on the east side of The Tything in Worcester. The building is made of reddish brick laid in Flemish bond, with the ground floor painted. It features a plain tile roof that is hipped at the front and has a brick stack with pots at the left end. The building stands three storeys tall and has one window on the first floor.
The ground and first floors each have a tripartite window; the ground floor window has a 6/6 sash flanked by two 2/2 sashes, while the first floor window has an 8/8 sash between two 2/2 sashes. Both of these windows are topped with cambered arches. The second floor has an 8/8 sash window with a cambered arch as well. A cogged eaves band runs along the top of the building. The entrance is located on the right side of the building.
Inside, the front room features an exposed ceiling beam that suggests the building originally had a timber-frame structure, while the beams in the rear wing are cased. The Saracen's Head Public House, along with No. 1 and Nos. 4 to 7, forms a group with Nos. 51 to 54 and Nos. 57 and 58 The Tything, creating a visual approach to other listed buildings in Foregate Street.
Local climate
Saracen's Head Public House receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2023
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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