Black Bull Inn is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1986. Public house. 1 related planning application.
Black Bull Inn
- WRENN ID
- outer-plaster-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 April 1986
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- Black Bull Inn, 27, High Street, Balsham, CB21 4DJ
- OS grid reference
- TL 586 506
- Coordinates
- 52.13132, 0.31676
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Black Bull Inn is a public house located on Balsham High Street, dating from around 1660, with alterations and renovations made in the mid to late 20th century. The building features a timber frame, rendered exterior, and a long straw thatched roof. A restored ridge stack from around 1660 is adorned with blind arcading consisting of two bays. The inn is two storeys high and has enlarged window openings, with four casements that have two and three lights on the first floor. There is a doorway leading to the lobby, and the interior has been altered and extended over time.
Local climate
Black Bull Inn sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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