Rose and Crown Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. A C17 Inn.
Rose and Crown Inn
- WRENN ID
- low-lead-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1980
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- Rose and Crown Inn, High Street, Hempstead
- OS grid reference
- TL 633 380
- Coordinates
- 52.01664, 0.37867
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rose and Crown Inn is a 17th-century timber-framed and plastered building with an L-shaped plan and a gabled wing at the south-west end. This inn is historically linked to the infamous 18th-century highwayman Dick Turpin, who was born in the village while his father was the inn's proprietor. Inside, the inn features copies of the parish register that record Dick Turpin's baptism, as well as a letter addressed to the Rose and Crown that was sent when he was arrested in York under an assumed name, which ultimately led to his conviction and execution in 1739. The inn underwent significant alterations in the 18th century and later. It has two storeys and a three-window range featuring double-hung sashes with glazing bars. The ground storey includes 3-light windows with narrow side lights. The main block has a slate roof with a central square chimney stack, while the roof of the north-west wing is tiled. The interior showcases exposed ceiling beams.
Local climate
Rose and Crown Inn 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 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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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