The Blue Lion Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 February 1995. A C17 Public house. 2 related planning applications.

The Blue Lion Public House

WRENN ID
silent-eave-vale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Breckland
Constituency
South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 February 1995
Type
Public house
Address
The Blue Lion Public House, North Pickenham
OS grid reference
TF 864 068
Coordinates
52.62782, 0.75368
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Blue Lion Public House is a public house located in North Pickenham. It dates from the late 17th century, with an 18th-century rear wing and 20th-century alterations. The building is constructed of brick, which is rendered or painted, and features a pantile roof with brick end stacks. It has a T-plan layout, standing two storeys high with attics. The façade includes a two-window range of 20th-century windows set in original openings, along with two small dormers. A central 20th-century porch leads to the entrance door. To the right, there is a single-storey wing made of brick and flint, also with a pantile roof and two stacks.

Inside, the ground floor has been opened up but still retains spine beams, with two boxed beams and one featuring a deep chamfer and curved stop. The first floor preserves chamfered spine beams, a fireplace hood, and plank doors. In the attic, part of the roof is visible, ceiled at collar level, with principals that include windbraces to purlins and coupled rafters.

Local climate

The Blue Lion Public House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% 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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