The Fox Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. Public house.

The Fox Public House

WRENN ID
dusk-rafter-cream
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Colchester
Constituency
Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 January 1982
Type
Public house
Address
The Fox Public House, High Road, Layer-De-La-Haye
OS grid reference
TL 967 200
Coordinates
51.84399, 0.85533
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Fox Public House is a 17th-century building that has been extensively altered in the 18th and 20th centuries. It features a timber-framed and plastered structure with a hipped roof covered in red plain tiles. The building has two storeys and a five-window range on the ground floor, which consists of double-hung vertical sliding sashes with glazing bars. Above, there is a three-window range with similar sashes. The eaves are adorned with a modillion cornice, and there is a large chimney stack from the 17th century. Originally, the building had a rectangular plan with three bays and a chimney bay, but later extensions have been added to the south, along with a modern porch to the north. Inside, very little remains on the ground floor apart from an altered chimney stack and one storey post, while 18th-century detailing can be found above.

Local climate

The Fox Public House 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 greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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