Old White Horse is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1987. A C16 Public house.
Old White Horse
- WRENN ID
- sacred-stronghold-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 October 1987
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- Old White Horse, Great Green, Syleham
- OS grid reference
- TM 212 780
- Coordinates
- 52.3557, 1.24816
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old White Horse is a former public house, likely originally a farmhouse, dating from the 16th to 17th century and constructed in three phases. It features a timber frame with plaster and a pantiled roof, standing two storeys tall in a three-cell layout. The windows are primarily 19th century casements, and there are two doorways, each with a 19th century four-panelled door. Inside, there is an internal stack with a moulded brick base, while the upper part of the shaft has been rebuilt in a plain style. A small 19th century stack is located against the right gable end. The frame consists of five bays, with small gaps at the two joins. The two bays on the left are from the mid-16th century, showcasing fine close studding on the upper floor and a large diamond-mullioned window in the gable. The roof features a queen-post design with a cambered tie beam supporting an open truss. The central two bays are later additions, characterized by a ground floor ceiling with chamfered joists and good framing on the first floor. The service end to the right was likely added in the early 17th century.
Local climate
Old White Horse 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 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% 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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