The Pig and Whistle Public House is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1984. Public house. 2 related planning applications.

The Pig and Whistle Public House

WRENN ID
half-wattle-hyssop
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
Stevenage MP: Kevin Bonavia (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 May 1984
Type
Public house
Address
The Pig and Whistle Public House, Benington Road, Aston, SG2 7DY
OS grid reference
TL 275 227
Coordinates
51.88884, -0.14838
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The Pig and Whistle Public House is a house that dates from the later 17th century, with a lean-to rear extension added in the later 20th century. It features a timber frame that is roughcast, with a weatherboarded apron on the north front and tile-hung on the west end. The south side has exposed timber framing with red brick nogging from the 20th-century lean-to brewers' extensions. The building has steep old red tile roofs and is two stories tall, consisting of two cells with single-storey sections at each end along the roadside. Inside, there are exposed beams. The unchanged northern aspect of the building is an important traditional feature of the conservation area, and it is included for its group value.

Local climate

The Pig and Whistle 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • 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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