King's Head Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 November 1973. Inn. 10 related planning applications.
King's Head Inn
- WRENN ID
- gilded-eave-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 November 1973
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- King's Head Inn, 52, Bradford Street, CM7 9AT
- OS grid reference
- TL 760 239
- Coordinates
- 51.88665, 0.5569
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The King's Head Inn is a 17th century timber-framed and plastered building that was refronted in the 18th century. It has two storeys and attics, featuring a three-window range with double-hung sashes that have glazing bars, all set in flush cased frames. The ground floor includes two three-light bay windows and a central doorway. The roof is tiled and has two flat-headed dormers, which also contain double-hung sashes with glazing bars. This building is part of a group of listed structures that includes Nos 24 to 56A on the east side and Nos 37 to 89, along with Nos 57, 61, and 61A on the west side.
Local climate
King's Head Inn sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 — 10 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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