Saracens Head Inn is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 June 1972. A C17 Public house.

Saracens Head Inn

WRENN ID
patient-moulding-torch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Norfolk
Constituency
Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 June 1972
Type
Public house
Address
Saracens Head Inn, Mount Street, Diss, IP22 4QG
OS grid reference
TM 117 800
Coordinates
52.37765, 1.10908
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Saracen's Head Inn is a 17th-century building that features a combination of timber framing and brick construction, topped with pantiles. The exterior is plastered, lined, and painted, and it has an overhanging upper story. The inn is two stories tall with an attic and includes a large chimney that has deep panels above a moulded base. There are five casement windows on the first floor, including one in the wing, as well as five additional windows facing the churchyard.

Local climate

Saracens Head Inn sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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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