The White Lion Public House is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 August 1974. A Early C19 Public house. 2 related planning applications.
The White Lion Public House
- WRENN ID
- slow-rotunda-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 August 1974
- Type
- Public house
- Period
- Early C19
- Address
- The White Lion Public House, 46, High Street, SG7 6BJ
- OS grid reference
- TL 245 336
- Coordinates
- 51.9876, -0.18726
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The White Lion Public House is an early 19th century building that features a front added to an earlier structure. It is constructed of colour-washed brick with a Welsh slated roof behind a cornice and parapet. The building stands two storeys high and has three sash windows with glazing bars set in reveals, along with three ground floor canted bay windows. There is a recessed tiled wing on the right and a passageway on the left. The White Lion Public House is part of a group that includes the Council Buildings and several other properties in the vicinity.
Local climate
The White Lion Public House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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