Black Bull Public House is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1967. Public house. 3 related planning applications.

Black Bull Public House

WRENN ID
distant-sill-mint
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1967
Type
Public house
Address
Black Bull Public House, 16, High Street, Buntingford, SG9 9AG
OS grid reference
TL 362 294
Coordinates
51.94683, -0.0188
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Black Bull Public House is an inn that dates back to the 16th century or earlier, with a rear extension added in the 19th century and alterations made to the front in the early 20th century. It features a timber frame with a half-timbered upper section above a ground floor that is made of red brick and rendered. The rear extension is also constructed of red brick, and the building has a steep old red tile roof.

The structure is two stories tall, with a cellar and attic, and has a front that is four windows long, facing west and extending over a carriageway at the northern end that leads to a yard. There is an internal gable chimney at the southern end and a central chimney located a quarter of the way from the north. The building has a 4-bay framed structure with a staircase that rises at the rear of the second bay from the south.

On the front, the first floor features casement windows with small panes in the heads of each light, and large bracketed oriel windows flank the entrance, which is accessed by two steps. A gabled dormer rises above the eaves. Inside, the ground floor boasts exposed heavy flat joists and axial beams, with a moulded beam in the middle bay. There is an elaborate late 17th-century straight staircase with balusters, tall carved finials on the newel posts, and similar brackets on the posts next to the stair. The roof is a clasped-purlin design with curved wind-braces. The inn was known as The Horseshoes until 1727.

Local climate

Black Bull Public House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% 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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