Plume of Feathers Public House is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1987. Public house. 1 related planning application.
Plume of Feathers Public House
- WRENN ID
- swift-render-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 May 1987
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- Plume of Feathers Public House, Stevenage Road, Wymondley, SG4 7HY
- OS grid reference
- TL 215 274
- Coordinates
- 51.93236, -0.23404
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Plume of Feathers Public House is a blacksmith's house and forge built in 1719 for Daniel Maple, a blacksmith. It has been a public house since before 1800 and underwent alterations in the late 20th century. The building features red brick construction with steep red tile roofs and is two storeys high with attics, following a two-cells, end-chimney plan. It is set back from the road, facing south, with a lower former range at the eastern end and a later slated lean-to on the west side. The rear extension has twin gables on the north side.
The south front includes a plat-band, projecting box eaves, and two small gabled dormers on the roofslope, each with small-pane casements. The brickwork consists of plum-red and blue bricks with lighter red dressings. The first floor has two flush-box sash windows with 8/8 panes and flat gauged arches. There is a 6/6 sash window in the west lean-to and rectangular bay windows with an entrance between, all fronted by a symmetrical Doric screen.
Local climate
Plume of Feathers 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- 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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