King's Head Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1971. Hotel. 1 related planning application.
King's Head Hotel
- WRENN ID
- spare-string-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 November 1971
- Type
- Hotel
- Address
- King's Head Hotel, 23, High Street, Southwold, IP18 6AD
- OS grid reference
- TM 505 763
- Coordinates
- 52.32824, 1.67595
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The King's Head Hotel, originally known as the King's Head Inn, is a house that has been converted into a hotel. It dates from the mid-18th century and was transformed into a public house in 1836, with 20th-century extensions added later. The building is constructed of colourwashed brick and features a machine-tile roof with a brick stack located at the left end.
The exterior presents a single storey and a dormer attic, with a three-bay front facing the street. The central door is flanked by two flush-framed windows, each containing 8/8 unhorned sash windows. There is a dentil eaves cornice above. A single dormer window features a 3/6 horned sash. On the right side, there is a single-storey glazed attachment, while the rear of the building has two-storey extensions.
Inside, the original internal layout is uncertain as the interior has been opened into one space, and the first floor has been removed. The roof structure consists of principal rafters and trusses.
Local climate
King's Head Hotel receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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