The Black Horse Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Ipswich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1972. Inn. 1 related planning application.

The Black Horse Inn

WRENN ID
twisted-hammer-fog
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ipswich
Constituency
Ipswich MP: Jack Abbott (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 August 1972
Type
Inn
Address
The Black Horse Inn, 23, Blackhorse Lane, IP1 2EF
OS grid reference
TM 160 445
Coordinates
52.0574, 1.14979
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Black Horse Inn is a 16th-century timber-framed and plastered building located at 1260 Blackhorse Lane. It features a cross wing at the north end and an additional wing extending east at the rear. The building underwent alterations in the 18th century and later. Originally, the first storey jettied but was later built out in brick, likely in the 16th century, and is now painted. The inn has two storeys and cellars, with a three-window range of 18th-century double-hung sashes with glazing bars in flush cased frames. The ground storey includes one three-light window, and the roof is tiled.

Local climate

The Black Horse Inn 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 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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