Saracen's Head Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1955. Hotel. 2 related planning applications.
Saracen's Head Hotel
- WRENN ID
- tall-paling-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- Swindon North MP: Will Stone (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1955
- Type
- Hotel
- Address
- Saracen's Head Hotel, 5, High Street, Highworth
- OS grid reference
- SU 202 924
- Coordinates
- 51.63049, -1.70933
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Saracen's Head Hotel is a mid-18th century building located on the south side of High Street in Highworth. It stands two and a half storeys tall and is constructed of red brick with some blue headers. The building features a plinth and a band above the ground floor, topped by a stone slate roof. There are three gabled dormers and five glazing bar sash windows with segmental heads set in flush moulded frames. The central carriageway has a keystone and imposts but is now filled with modern glass doors. To the right on the ground floor, there is a modern four-window square bay. A large hanging inn-sign is supported by a scrolled wrought iron bracket.
Local climate
Saracen's Head Hotel receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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 — 2 transactions since 2006
- 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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