The Lion Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Tendring local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1966. Public house. 5 related planning applications.
The Lion Inn
- WRENN ID
- scattered-passage-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tendring
- Constituency
- Harwich and North Essex MP: Sir Bernard Jenkin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 November 1966
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Lion Inn, the Street, Ardleigh, CO7 7LD
- OS grid reference
- TM 053 295
- Coordinates
- 51.92619, 0.98524
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lion Inn is a public house that dates back to the 17th century or earlier, with later alterations and additions. It features a timber-framed structure that is rough rendered with brick facing, topped by red plain tiled roofs. The building has a dentilled eaves cornice and includes rear wings and chimney stacks. The front has a three-window range of small-paned, vertically sliding sash windows, with pentice boards at the ground floor. The central entrance consists of a four-panel, two-light door with a simple surround. George Biggs was the innkeeper in 1796, as noted in F.H. Erith's "Ardleigh in 1796."
Local climate
The Lion Inn sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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- Related listed building consents — 5 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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