The Plough is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 February 1988. Public house. 2 related planning applications.

The Plough

WRENN ID
lunar-hinge-linden
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 Plough, Plough Lane, King's Walden, SG4 8LA
OS grid reference
TL 161 243
Coordinates
51.9058, -0.31342
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Plough is a house that has been converted into a public house, dating from the 18th century, with a southern extension added in the late 19th century. It is constructed of dark red brick in Flemish bond, accented with lighter red dressings, and features a steep old red tile roof with a wooden eaves board. The building is two stories tall, originally designed with attics, and was originally a two-cell house with end chimneys. It faces west and has two windows on each floor, along with a central door that is set beneath a blank panel decorated with a double lozenge pattern of black headers. The ground floor has a chamfered plinth and plat band, with deep gauged flat arches above the windows. The windows are slightly recessed 2-light casements. An added gabled brick tiled porch is present, and there is a one-window, one-cell southern extension that replicates features of the older part of the building. Inside, there is a staircase next to a large internal chimney in the original west room, and the building features chamfered axial beams with ogee stops.

Local climate

The Plough 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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