Hare and Hounds is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1978. Private dwelling. 6 related planning applications.
Hare and Hounds
- WRENN ID
- ghost-granite-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1978
- Type
- Private dwelling
- Address
- Hare and Hounds, Lower Street, Somerton, IP29 4LD
- OS grid reference
- TL 814 519
- Coordinates
- 52.13576, 0.64923
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hare and Hounds is a 16th-century timber-framed and plastered building, formerly an inn known as "The Kicking Dickey," and last used as such in 1950. It is now a private dwelling. The building originally had a cross wing at the west end, which was altered in the 18th century to include a mansard roof. The structure is one storey in height with attics. It has casement windows. The roof is tiled, featuring a gabled dormer on the main block, with a section of 20th-century pantiles at the east end. A modern wing extends to the south. The interior retains exposed timber framing.
Local climate
Hare and Hounds sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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