Inn on the Lake is a Grade II listed building in the Waverley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1947. Inn. 2 related planning applications.

Inn on the Lake

WRENN ID
eastward-bronze-holly
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Waverley
Constituency
Godalming and Ash MP: Sir Jeremy Hunt (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 December 1947
Type
Inn
Address
Inn on the Lake, Ockford Road, Godalming, GU7 1RH
OS grid reference
SU 963 432
Coordinates
51.1805, -0.6233
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Inn on the Lake, originally known as the Lake Hotel, is a house that has been converted into an inn. It dates from the early 19th century but has earlier origins, possibly from the 18th century, with some late 20th-century additions. The building is stuccoed and features a Welsh slate roof, while an earlier section is constructed from Bargate rubblestone with a plain tile roof. The 19th-century part of the building is L-shaped and wraps around the earlier section, which is only visible from the rear.

The 19th-century range is two storeys high and consists of three sets of two bays, with a late 20th-century addition to the right that is not of special interest. The central entrance features a door with six fielded panels, four of which are now glazed. This door is topped by an overlight with decorative glazing bars and is framed by a Doric doorcase that includes panelled reveals, a rosette, a triglyph frieze, and a deep cornice. To the right of the entrance is a two-storey bow window with three bowed sashes, each with glazing bars, separated by pilasters and topped with a ground-floor cornice. The other bays have sashes with glazing bars, and the building has over-sailing eaves and a hipped roof with two brick chimneys.

On the left side, there is a ground-floor bow window with two bowed sashes, also with glazing bars, supported by reeded pilasters and topped with a swept lead roof. The rest of the left side has sashes with glazing bars and an arched cellar opening beneath the bow window. The rear of the building has a ground floor obscured by a late 20th-century outshut that is not of special interest. The first floor reveals the earlier range, which has three two-light leaded casements and a plain tile roof, with the right-hand gable being tile-hung above the 19th-century roof. There is also an attached former stable range on the left that is not of special interest. Inside, the earlier range features queen-strut roof trusses.

Local climate

Inn on the Lake receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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