Sorrel Horse Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Ipswich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1972. Inn.
Sorrel Horse Inn
- WRENN ID
- strange-cobble-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ipswich
- Constituency
- Ipswich MP: Jack Abbott (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 August 1972
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- Sorrel Horse Inn, 121, Fore Street
- OS grid reference
- TM 169 441
- Coordinates
- 52.05319, 1.16287
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sorrel Horse Inn, located at 1260 Fore Street, is a 17th-century timber-framed and plastered building that has undergone significant alterations in the 18th century and later. It is now faced with pebbledash. The structure features a cross wing at the north end with a gable facing Grimwade Street, along with an adjoining block that extends east at the rear (No 121). The building has two storeys and attics, with windows that are mainly double-hung sashes, some including glazing bars, and others being casements. No 119 has a small single-storey extension extending east at the front. The ground floor includes a 20th-century shop front with a corner entrance. Together, Nos 119 and the Sorrel Horse Inn create a picturesque cluster of timber-framed buildings. The roofs are tiled, and the Sorrel Horse Inn features two flat-headed dormers. Nos 119 and 121 form a group with Nos 123 to 129 (odd) and Nos 77 to 83 (odd) on Grimwade Street.
Local climate
Sorrel Horse Inn 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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