The White Lion is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1984. A C15 Public house. 2 related planning applications.
The White Lion
- WRENN ID
- third-pavement-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 1984
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The White Lion, 6, Church Street, Sible Hedingham, CO9 3NS
- OS grid reference
- TL 777 340
- Coordinates
- 51.97666, 0.58596
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The White Lion is a public house that dates back to the 15th century or earlier, with later additions and alterations. It is constructed with a timber frame and rough render, featuring some painted brick. The roof is covered with red plain tiles and is hipped at the left rear range, with a forward jettied gabled crosswing to the right. There is a 20th-century flat-roofed single-storey extension at the front of the left range. A red brick chimney stack is located on the left side of the building. The structure has two storeys, with a window arrangement of 2:1 on the first floor and 2:0 on the ground floor, predominantly consisting of small paned vertically sliding sashes. There are half-glazed doors on the left and right ranges, and iron railings with ornate posts adorn the flat roof verges. The building is reputed to have served as a Poor House at one time.
Local climate
The White 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 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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