The 'King's Head' Public House is a Grade II listed building in the East Hampshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 1977. Public house. 2 related planning applications.
The 'King's Head' Public House
- WRENN ID
- distant-vault-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hampshire
- Constituency
- East Hampshire MP: Damian Hinds (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 March 1977
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The 'King's Head' Public House, Market Street, Alton, GU34 1HA
- OS grid reference
- SU 716 393
- Coordinates
- 51.14882, -0.97732
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The 'King's Head' Public House dates from the 18th century. It is a two-storey, four-bay building, with the two bays on the right set back from the main facade. The building is constructed of colour-washed brick and has an old tile roof. The ground floor features a recessed sash window on the left, and at the angle of the facade, a window and a door, both with simple pilasters, all beneath a single entablature. To the right is a simple door with flanking half-windows. The first-floor windows are all recessed sashes with segmental heads. A dentil eaves cornice runs along the top of the building. The 'King's Head' Public House forms a group with numbers 19, 21, 23, 25, 25A, 27 and 29.
Local climate
The 'King's Head' Public House receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2021
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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