The King's Head is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1985. Public house. 5 related planning applications.
The King's Head
- WRENN ID
- solemn-parapet-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 May 1985
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The King's Head, High Street, Great Milton, OX44 7NF
- OS grid reference
- SP 628 030
- Coordinates
- 51.72301, -1.09095
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The King's Head is a public house dating from the 18th century. It features a pebbledashed and limestone rubble exterior, with an old plain-tile roof and brick gable stacks. The building has a two-unit, rear-outshut plan and stands two storeys high. The front has two windows, with a central door that is flanked by pilasters and free-standing Tuscan columns supporting a renewed canopy. Small 8-pane sash windows are present at both the ground and first floors.
Local climate
The King's Head sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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