Rose and Crown Public House is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1981. A C16-C17 Public house. 5 related planning applications.

Rose and Crown Public House

WRENN ID
solemn-rafter-jet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
Stevenage MP: Kevin Bonavia (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 March 1981
Type
Public house
Address
Rose and Crown Public House, Benington Road, Aston, SG2 7DX
OS grid reference
TL 274 227
Coordinates
51.88855, -0.15003
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Rose and Crown Public House is a building that originally served as a house, dating back to the 16th century for the eastern end, with the rest constructed in the 17th century. It underwent renovations by brewers around 1950. The structure features a timber frame set on a low stucco plinth, with roughcast at the rear and weatherboarding at the ends. The front is roughcast over red brick facing at the heads of the ground floor windows.

This two-storey building has a three-cell layout with a central chimney, which is located on the rear slope about a third from the west and has been rebuilt at the top. The front has four divisions, with three windows and the pub name displayed after the left-hand window. There are two rectangular bay windows, each with four lights, and a central four-light window flanked by two battened doors that are sheltered by moulded flat hoods supported by heavy brackets.

Inside, the building retains exposed timbers, with heavy, roughly dressed joists in the eastern part, a deeply chamfered beam, and expanded ends to the side timbers. The axial beam and joists in the middle room, or hall, feature chamfered and ogee stops, and the fireplace has been altered. Additionally, there is an eight-panel 17th-century door with hinges located in the rear wall at the northeast corner.

Local climate

Rose and Crown 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 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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