The King's Head Public House is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. Public house. 15 related planning applications.
The King's Head Public House
- WRENN ID
- eastward-bonework-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1981
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The King's Head Public House, the Street, Pulham St. Mary, IP21 4RD
- OS grid reference
- TM 210 852
- Coordinates
- 52.42095, 1.24922
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The King's Head Public House is an early 17th century timber-framed building that has been plastered. It features a steep pantile roof with gabled ends and an off-centre brick chimney stack. The structure has two storeys and an attic, with two windows that include early 19th century three, four, and five-light casements, as well as two flat-roofed dormers. The doorway is off-centre in front of the stack and is framed by a reeded architrave, leading to a panelled door. Inside, there are stop-chamfered ceiling beams. At the east end, there is a wing from the 19th century that is also plastered timber frame with a steep pantile roof and gabled end, consisting of one storey and an attic, with modern sash windows on the ground floor and three flat-roofed dormers.
Local climate
The King's Head Public House 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 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 15 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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