The Old King's Head is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. Inn. 1 related planning application.
The Old King's Head
- WRENN ID
- empty-footing-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1980
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- The Old King's Head, Dewes Green Road, Berden, CM23 1AN
- OS grid reference
- TL 464 298
- Coordinates
- 51.94826, 0.12938
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old King's Head is a former inn located on Dewes Green Road in Berden. This building dates back to the 17th century and features a timber-framed and plastered structure arranged in an L-shaped plan. It has been renovated in the 20th century. The building stands two storeys high and has 20th-century casement windows with lattice leaded lights. The upper storey jetties out at the south end, and there is a later addition that extends to the west. The roof is thatched and hipped at both the north and south ends, with a central square chimney stack.
Local climate
The Old King's Head 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 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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