The Hare and Hounds is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1955. Public house. 1 related planning application.

The Hare and Hounds

WRENN ID
strange-arch-russet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1955
Type
Public house
Address
The Hare and Hounds, Heath Road, East Bergholt, CO7 6RL
OS grid reference
TM 075 353
Coordinates
51.97818, 1.02103
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Hare and Hounds is a public house that dates back to the 16th century, with later alterations and additions. It features a timber-framed structure that is rendered, partially underbuilt, and partially cased in painted brick, topped with a plain tile roof. The building is single-storey with an attic and has a gabled cross wing to the right, along with later additions to the right and rear.

On the left side, the building is cased in brick and has a four-panel door to the left and a tripartite sash window with glazing bars to the right. There is also a 20th-century canted bay window on the left gable end. The cross wing is underbuilt in brick and has a half-glazed door with a 20th-century casement to the right, along with an eight-pane sash window above. The right range projects and is covered by a catslide roof.

Inside, the left range boasts a fine plaster ceiling divided into four panels by an ovolo-moulded beam and a longitudinal beam with run-out stops. Three of the panels feature scrollwork borders with mythological beasts and a central square boss flanked by large fleur-de-lys and Tudor roses. The panel next to the current entrance from the cross wing displays four parallel strips of scroll decoration. The ground floor of the cross wing has large chamfered beams with run-out stops and an inglenook fireplace with a bressummer. The original rear wall is studded and includes a Tudor-arched doorway. On the first floor, some framing is visible, including a chamfered jowled post, a chamfered tie beam, and studded walls.

Local climate

The Hare and Hounds sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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