The King's Head is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1952. Public house. 6 related planning applications.

The King's Head

WRENN ID
moated-entrance-fog
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Epping Forest
Constituency
Brentwood and Ongar MP: Alex Burghart (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 August 1952
Type
Public house
Address
The King's Head, 177, High Street, Ongar, CM5 9JG
OS grid reference
TL 552 030
Coordinates
51.70459, 0.24542
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The King's Head is a public house dating from the late 17th century. It is constructed of red brick featuring flared headers and has a red plain tile roof with a truncated ridge, two flat head dormers, and a heavy wooden modillion cornice at the projecting eaves. The building has two storeys, an attic, and cellars. It features a five-window range of 18th-century small paned double hung sashes. There is a central carriageway with a segmental arch, flanked by small paned double hung sliding sashes with sidelights. A band runs along the lower windows and the carriageway. At the rear, there are two very large red brick chimney stacks, one on each side. A central moulded brick inscription reads "1697 T.P.S." and there is a wing extending to the rear.

Local climate

The King's Head 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 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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