Horse and Groom Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 May 1952. Public house.

Horse and Groom Public House

WRENN ID
errant-belfry-khaki
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
Mid Dorset and North Poole MP: Vikki Slade (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 May 1952
Type
Public house
Address
Horse and Groom Public House, St Johns Hill, Wareham Town, BH20 4LZ
OS grid reference
SY 923 872
Coordinates
50.68474, -2.10913
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Horse and Groom Public House, formerly known as the Horse and Groom Inn, dates back to the 18th century. It features a colourwashed exterior and a half-hipped tile roof with red brick stacks. The building stands two storeys high and has brick oversailing courses at the eaves. It includes two ranges of flush-framed sash windows with glazing bars. The entrance door has six flush panels and is set in a reeded frame, topped with an unusual fanlight and a flat hood. There is an extension to the west that is one and a half storeys tall, featuring a gabled first-floor sash window with glazing bars and a segment-headed bipartite sash window on the ground floor. Additionally, there is a coach house extension that includes a planked loft door. The Horse and Groom Public House is part of a group that includes Nos 1 and 2 Gold Court, Mint House, and No 13.

Local climate

Horse and Groom Public House receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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