The Ram Inn is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 April 1973. Public house. 4 related planning applications.

The Ram Inn

WRENN ID
white-hall-elder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 April 1973
Type
Public house
Address
The Ram Inn, 112, Fore Street, Hertford, SG14 1AB
OS grid reference
TL 328 126
Coordinates
51.79652, -0.07518
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Ram Inn is an inn that has been converted into a public house with a flat, originally established in 1621 and rebuilt in the mid-19th century. The building features a colourwashed brick front above a stuccoed ground floor, with a yellow stock brick left flank and a plastered and stuccoed rear elevation. It has a Welsh slated roof with broad eaves supported by shallow brackets arranged in groups of three and four.

The exterior consists of three storeys at the front and two at the rear, with a four-bay front that includes a carriageway on the left side, divided by pilasters. The first floor showcases alternating recessed 16-pane and triple 4:12:4-pane sash windows, all set beneath rubbed brick flat arches. A fascia and cornice band runs along the second-floor level, where squat 8-pane sashes alternate with triple 19th-century sashes that have been adapted with opening casements. The centre bay features a recessed panel with a modelled ram's head and an inscription above stating 'Established 1621'.

The ground floor is finished in rusticated stucco, with a central doorway that has a recessed eight-panel door, two of which are glazed, set above a stone step and framed by a pilaster surround and a flat bracketed cornice hood. To the left, there is a large 19th-century mullion and transom window, and to the right, a 12-pane recessed sash window sits beneath a channelled stucco lintel and keyblock. The building has a full-width stucco plinth.

The rear elevation includes three 12-pane sashes and a late 20th-century external entrance to the manager's flat on the first floor. The ground floor features a large late 19th-century bay, which is stuccoed and adorned with a dentil frieze, a moulded cornice, and a blocking course, along with mullion and transom casements that have glazing bars.

Inside, the pub has 19th-century bar counters and dados, although the interior of the flat has not been inspected.

Local climate

The Ram Inn 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 — 1 transaction since 2026
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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  • 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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