Fox and Hounds Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 July 1964. Public house. 5 related planning applications.
Fox and Hounds Public House
- WRENN ID
- little-zinc-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 July 1964
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- Fox and Hounds Public House, 50, High Street, Riseley, MK44 1DT
- OS grid reference
- TL 039 626
- Coordinates
- 52.25213, -0.47825
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Fox and Hounds Public House is a public house dating from the early 17th century. It features colour washed brick and rough cast over a timber frame, topped with an old clay tile roof. The building has an H-plan layout with some additions and stands two storeys tall.
On the left-hand cross-wing, there is a 19th-century projecting bay at the ground floor and a 2-light casement window on the first floor. The main block has a 20th-century porch, with flush sash windows that have glazing bars on the ground floor and casements on the first floor. The right-hand cross-wing features a flush sash window with glazing bars under a cambered head at the ground floor and another flush sash window with glazing bars on the first floor.
The main block has a red brick ridge stack with two diagonal shafts, while the right-hand cross-wing has a red brick double stack with a rendered base. There are lean-to additions to both cross-wings, and a one-storey wing has been added to the southwest.
Local climate
Fox and Hounds Public House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 5 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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