The Boar's Head Public House is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1976. Public house. 5 related planning applications.
The Boar's Head Public House
- WRENN ID
- narrow-pillar-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1976
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Boar's Head Public House, 35, Market Hill, Royston, SG8 9JU
- OS grid reference
- TL 357 404
- Coordinates
- 52.04578, -0.02195
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Boar's Head Public House is a 17th-century building located on Market Hill. It features a colour-washed pebbledash exterior, a stucco plinth, and an old tiled roof with red brick chimney stacks. The structure is two storeys high and includes four 19th-century lattice casement windows. There is also a doorhood present. The Boar's Head is part of a group with Nos 35 to 39 (odd).
Local climate
The Boar's Head Public House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% 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 59% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2018
- 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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