The Old Lamb (Public House) is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 March 1991. Public house.
The Old Lamb (Public House)
- WRENN ID
- upper-parapet-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 March 1991
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Old Lamb (Public House), High Roothing
- OS grid reference
- TL 604 174
- Coordinates
- 51.83265, 0.32687
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Lamb is a public house built in the early 19th century, with extensions added in the 20th century. The building is constructed of rendered brick and features a low-pitched slate roof with gabled ends. There is a stack at the left-hand gable end with a tall brick shaft and square yellow clay pots.
The layout is a double depth plan with a central entrance that leads to two front rooms. The building has two storeys and a symmetrical three-window front. On the ground floor, there are two large windows and a central doorway, all flanked by thin pilasters. The windows are topped with entablatures and a continuous wooden cornice. The entrance features a six-panel door, with the top panels glazed, a segmental fanlight with radiating glazing bars, and narrow sidelights. The first floor has three windows, all of which are likely 20th-century metal-frame casements that have replaced the original sashes. The ground floor windows were probably tripartite sashes. There are also 20th-century metal-frame windows on the sides and rear of the building, along with a single-storey outshut and a flat roof extension at the rear.
The interior has only been partly inspected, and no original features were observed.
Local climate
The Old Lamb (Public House) 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1995
- No related consent applications matched
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