The Wheatsheaf Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1986. Public house. 8 related planning applications.

The Wheatsheaf Public House

WRENN ID
weathered-basalt-aspen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dacorum
Constituency
Hemel Hempstead MP: David Taylor (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 December 1986
Type
Public house
Address
The Wheatsheaf Public House, High Street, Bovingdon, HP3 0HP
OS grid reference
TL 016 035
Coordinates
51.7217, -0.53048
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Wheatsheaf Public House is a building that originally dates back to the 17th century, with some additions made in the lower 19th century. It features a timber frame that is plastered, with painted brick on the ground floor and a steep old red tile roof. The northern addition has a slate roof and includes a small single-storey building with weatherboarding and an old red tile roof, located next to the gate.

This two-storey building with an attic and cellar has an internal chimney plan and faces east, consisting of two cells with further additions sloping to the north. There are two windows on each floor and a lean-to porch on the northern part of the main building. Inside, the structure reveals exposed beams and joists, and the side along High Street likely had a jettied design originally. A former lobby entrance has been blocked off. The building features jowled posts with curved braces, a clasped purlin roof with collar and queen strut trusses, and an old newel stair leading to the attic. The floor beams are chamfered with run-out stops, and there are flat joists. Additionally, there are single-storey weatherboarded extensions with either slate or tiled roofs to the northwest.

Local climate

The Wheatsheaf Public House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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