Saracen's Head Public House is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 June 1970. Public house.
Saracen's Head Public House
- WRENN ID
- old-belfry-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 June 1970
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- Saracen's Head Public House, 7, Buttermarket, Thame
- OS grid reference
- SP 707 059
- Coordinates
- 51.74741, -0.97723
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Saracen's Head Public House is a public house dating from the early 17th century, with alterations made in the late 19th century. The building features squared stone in random courses on the ground floor and render on timber framing on the first floor. It has an old plain-tile gabled roof that faces the street, and the chimneys are not visible. The structure is two stories high and has a single-window range. To the right, there is a late 19th-century sash door, while to the left, there is a late 19th-century three-light wood-mullion window with 12-pane horned sashes. The first-floor center also has a late 19th-century three-light wood-mullion window with 12-pane horned sashes. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Saracen's Head Public House 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 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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