Five Horseshoes Public House is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1986. Public house. 5 related planning applications.

Five Horseshoes Public House

WRENN ID
stark-pediment-grove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 June 1986
Type
Public house
Address
Five Horseshoes Public House, Church Road, Little Berkhamsted, SG13 8LY
OS grid reference
TL 291 077
Coordinates
51.75382, -0.12964
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Five Horseshoes Public House likely dates to the late 16th or early 17th century, with substantial extensions and remodelling occurring in the late 19th century. The building has a timber-frame core, with portions brick-cased and weatherboarded, alongside stock brick extensions, all whitewashed. The roofs are tiled and slated, with a rebuilt gambrel slope to the rear. Originally a 3-cell block to the rear remains. The left end of the front is rendered on the ground floor and features a recessed 2-light casement. The steeply pitched roof has two 2-light dormers. A central brick stack rises from the ridge, constructed of red and later stock brick with a capping. A slate-roofed lean-to addition is present to the rear. The front block, dating from the 19th century, is four bays wide and constructed in two stages; the entrance is slightly off-centre with a visible straight joint between the sections. The ground floor features tripartite sash windows with slightly cambered, key-blocked brick heads. The first floor has sashes with flat arched brick heads and bracketed sills. Extruded brick stacks with hipped roofs define the right end. A weatherboarded outbuilding extends to the right of the main range, featuring an entrance, small flush frame 2-light casements, and a 2-light dormer in its gambrel roof. The rear of the building has a catslide roof over a continuous lean-to with two entrances, scattered casements, and a dormer. Internally, some of the original timber framing is exposed.

Local climate

Five Horseshoes 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 88% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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  • Sale history — 9 transactions since 1999
  • Related listed building consents — 5 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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