The Fox and Hounds Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1985. Public house. 3 related planning applications.
The Fox and Hounds Public House
- WRENN ID
- patient-copper-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1985
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Fox and Hounds Public House, High Street, Colerne, SN14 8DB
- OS grid reference
- ST 817 710
- Coordinates
- 51.43812, -2.2636
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Fox and Hounds Public House is an inn that dates from the early 18th century, with a date of 1752 noted, and has elements from the early 19th century. It consists of two ranges: the 18th-century range faces west, while the early 19th-century range faces north towards High Street.
The west range is constructed of rubble stone and features a Bridgwater tile roof with coped gables, end wall, and ridge stacks. It is one and a half storeys high and has two dormer gables. The left side gable includes a three-light ovolo-moulded mullion window with a hoodmould, and the ground floor has a lean-to with a broad eight-pane window. To the right, there is a two-light flush cyma-moulded window and a central door set in a stone slab porch. The right side features a coped dormer gable with a saddlestone, dated J. T. 1752, and a dripstone over a former three-light flush cyma-moulded window, with the mullions removed for casements. Below, there is a pair of twelve-pane sashes in unmoulded flush surrounds. A flat-roofed 20th-century addition is located at the south end.
The north range is made of ashlar stone and has a low-pitched slate roof, with a raised plinth, platband, and eaves band. It is two storeys high and has a two-window range of sixteen-pane sashes, with a door to the right. Inside, the original range features a large fireplace with a timber lintel to the left of the entry, and a moulded 18th-century corner fireplace at the south end.
Local climate
The Fox and Hounds Public House receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
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- Related listed building consents — 3 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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