The Maiden's Head Public House is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 February 1988. Public house. 6 related planning applications.

The Maiden's Head Public House

WRENN ID
woven-entrance-sage
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 February 1988
Type
Public house
Address
The Maiden's Head Public House, 67, High Street, St. Paul's Walden, SG4 8AH
OS grid reference
TL 184 211
Coordinates
51.87596, -0.28064
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Maiden's Head Public House is a building of likely 18th-century or earlier origin, documented as the Queen’s Head in 1774 and altered in the 19th century. It is constructed of red brick, potentially enclosing a timber frame. The front elevation is roughcast with applied half-timbering to the first floor, and the roof is steep with old red tiles, the main part being hipped. The building is a long, two-storey structure with a cellar, set back from the road facing north. A lower two-storey wing extends to the east. The eastern bay of the main range has ground-floor and first-floor levels concealed by the uniform roofline. The north front has a central entrance up four steps, leading to a gabled trellis porch. There are four windows to the ground floor, with three-light small-pane casements. Two-light lower windows are present to the eastern bay and a similar window sits under the eaves. Two gabled dormers light the first floor. The eastern wing features a small, two-light flush casement window on the first floor and a half-glazed, five-panel door. A cellar flap is located under the western window of the front elevation. The interior includes axial chamfered beams and large rear wall chimneys extending to two bays east of the entrance. The building is included on the list for its group value.

Local climate

The Maiden's Head Public House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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