The King's Head Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 October 1971. Public house.
The King's Head Public House
- WRENN ID
- silent-cloister-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 October 1971
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The King's Head Public House, Bulmer Road, Sudbury
- OS grid reference
- TL 863 406
- Coordinates
- 52.03332, 0.71579
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The King's Head Public House, built in 1692, is an early 17th-century structure made of painted brick. It stands two storeys high and features a slate roof. The front has three windows and a central arched entrance. There is a return front facing Ballingdon Hill, which includes windows that are double hung with glazing bars. The King's Head Public House and The Transport Cafe are part of a group with other listed buildings on the northwest side of Ballingdon Street.
Local climate
The King's Head Public House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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