The White Horse Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1952. Public house. 1 related planning application.

The White Horse Inn

WRENN ID
open-flue-thistle
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 White Horse Inn, Church Street, Sible Hedingham, CO9 3NT
OS grid reference
TL 776 342
Coordinates
51.97839, 0.58457
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The White Horse Inn is a public house with origins dating back to the 15th century or earlier, featuring later alterations and additions from the 18th century. It is constructed with a timber frame and plastered exterior, topped with red plain tile roofs. The building has two red brick chimney stacks on the central range and an external chimney stack on the left gabled crosswing. There is a jetty and lean-to on the right gabled crosswing, while the original jetty on the left crosswing has been underbuilt. The inn is two storeys high, with attics and cellars. The front has a window arrangement of 1:2:1, consisting mainly of small paned vertically sliding sashes set in moulded surrounds, with some windows featuring three lights. The entrance on the left crosswing has an 18th-century six-panelled door with a moulded surround, frieze, and flat canopy. To the right of the central range, there is a 20th-century glazed and panelled door with a sidelight. Inside, the building features chamfered and moulded beams along with some original roof construction.

Local climate

The White Horse Inn 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 95% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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