Marlborough Head Inn and Loom House is a Grade II* listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1952. A Medieval Inn. 4 related planning applications.
Marlborough Head Inn and Loom House
- WRENN ID
- blind-courtyard-ash
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Harwich and North Essex MP: Sir Bernard Jenkin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 June 1952
- Type
- Inn
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Marlborough Head Inn and Loom House, High Street, Dedham, CO7 6DH
- OS grid reference
- TM 057 331
- Coordinates
- 51.95907, 0.99364
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Marlborough Head Inn and Loom House is a 14th century building with later additions, featuring two storeys and cellars. It is constructed with an oak frame and plastered exterior, displaying a complex plan that includes at least three units. The south front is parapetted and has quoining in 18th century plaster, with an eaves band beneath the parapet of the Loom House, which has a four-window range of sash windows, some of which are small-paned. The eaves cornice of the Marlborough Head is modillioned, and the roofs are covered with peg tiles.
Inside the Marlborough Head, there are signs of a former longwall jetty facing Mill Lane, with exposed joists that have soffit-tenons dating from the 14th century. The dining room, located at the corner of Mill Lane and High Street, features finely carved bridging joints and a dragon beam, along with vine-trails and quatrefoiled cusping from around 1450, indicating evidence of a corner jetty.
Local climate
Marlborough Head Inn and Loom House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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