The Hit or Miss Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 1988. Inn.
The Hit or Miss Inn
- WRENN ID
- secret-chimney-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 February 1988
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- The Hit or Miss Inn, Day's Lane, Kington Langley
- OS grid reference
- ST 925 771
- Coordinates
- 51.49311, -2.10936
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hit or Miss Inn is a 17th-century inn that was extended in the early 19th century. It features painted rubble stone construction and a stone slate roof, with end stacks on the original range and a central ridge stack on the east extension. The building is two storeys high.
The original left section is double-fronted, showcasing two 3-light cyma-moulded flush stone mullion windows on each floor, along with a central door that has a flush moulded surround and a hood supported by brackets. The right section is also double-fronted, with two triple casements on each floor, featuring brick jambs and timber lintels, as well as two central doors with timber lintels. Inside the original part, there are deep-chamfered beams with stepped run-out stops.
Local climate
The Hit or Miss Inn receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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