Old White Horse is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. Public house, house. 2 related planning applications.

Old White Horse

WRENN ID
weathered-oriel-jay
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1980
Type
Public house, house
Address
Old White Horse, High Street, Great Chesterford, CB10 1PL
OS grid reference
TL 509 428
Coordinates
52.06333, 0.20071
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old White Horse is a former public house located on the north side of Great Chesterford High Street. This building features a timber-framed and plastered structure that dates back to the 17th century, with some external features from the 18th century and later. It has one storey and attics. The windows include a mix of casements, double-hung sashes with glazing bars, and horizontal sliding sashes with glazing bars. The roof is tiled and has two gabled dormers along with a central chimney stack.

Local climate

Old White Horse 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 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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