The King's Head Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1952. Public house. 4 related planning applications.
The King's Head Inn
- WRENN ID
- twisted-column-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 1952
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The King's Head Inn, the Street, Gosfield, CO9 1TP
- OS grid reference
- TL 782 295
- Coordinates
- 51.93632, 0.5919
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The King's Head Inn is a public house that dates back to the 16th century or earlier. It features a timber-framed structure with pargetted plaster, batten decoration, and some painted brick facing. The roof is covered with red plain tiles, and there are three red brick chimney stacks visible from the street. The building has a double range on the left side, with a hipped crosswing outshot to the right. It stands two storeys high and has a two:one window arrangement, primarily consisting of small paned vertically sliding sashes. The ground floor includes bay windows on both the left and right, while the first floor has a Venetian window on the right. There is a six-panelled door to the left and central 20th-century double glazed doors leading to an extended roof porch. Inside, the inn features exposed timber framing and a chamfered brick arch above the fireplace.
Local climate
The 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 — 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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