The Fox and Duck Public House is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. Public house. 3 related planning applications.

The Fox and Duck Public House

WRENN ID
peeling-jamb-rain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 July 1984
Type
Public house
Address
The Fox and Duck Public House, 23, Church Street, Buntingford, SG9 9AS
OS grid reference
TL 363 296
Coordinates
51.94831, -0.01808
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Fox and Duck Public House is a house that was licensed in 1711, originally built in the 17th century with later alterations and additions. It features a timber frame that is roughcast, with red brick additions at the rear. The building has steep old red tile roofs and is a long, L-shaped structure that is two stories tall with an attic, facing south. The fenestration is irregular, including three 19th-century three-light flush casement windows on the upper floor and three larger transomed similar windows on the ground floor. There are 19th-century half-glazed double doors with a plain surround and a heavy bracketed flat hood. A blocked doorway is located at the right-hand end of the front before the slated lean-to extensions. The building also has a wrought iron sign bracket with twisted finials. In the east gable, there is a two-light attic window that appears to be in front of a chimney. There are indications that the front wall has been heightened. Inside, there is a chamfered axial beam in the lounge.

Local climate

The Fox and Duck 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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