The Blue Lion is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1976. Public house. 4 related planning applications.
The Blue Lion
- WRENN ID
- gilded-arch-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 December 1976
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Blue Lion, 74, Main Street, Hardwick, CB23 7QU
- OS grid reference
- TL 372 584
- Coordinates
- 52.20761, 0.00682
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Blue Lion is a public house located on Main Street in Hardwick. It dates back to the 17th century, with some additions made in the 20th century. The building features a timber-framed structure that is cased in brick and has a plaster render finish. It has a red pantile roof with an end stack on the left side and a ridge stack near the center. The Blue Lion is one storey high with an attic and has a three-unit plan, including one-storey outbuildings to the north that are integrated into the main building. The front has three ground floor casement windows, a sealed door on the left, and a boarded door on the right. Inside, there are 17th-century cased ceiling beams and an inglenook hearth.
Local climate
The Blue Lion 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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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- 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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