The White Hart is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 1952. A Medieval Inn. 3 related planning applications.
The White Hart
- WRENN ID
- white-forge-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 June 1952
- Type
- Inn
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- The White Hart, Bridge Street, Fairford, GL7 4NH
- OS grid reference
- SP 151 010
- Coordinates
- 51.70754, -1.78184
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The White Hart is an inn, reputedly dating from 1475, although recorded as an inn from 1750. The fabric is mainly 17th century and later. It is constructed of rubble and random coursed rubble stone, with large flush quoins to the west end. The front has a stone slate roof, while the rear has some slate and artificial stone slate. There are various stacks, including two external stacks on the west end, and one stone ridge stack with a decorative cornice, likely from the 17th century.
The building is a long range along the street, now incorporating former cottages and a small stable-type building at the east end, but formerly ending with a range including a cross-gabled wing. It is mostly two storeys high, with a small rear wing at the west end and a lean-to across part of the rear of the main section.
At the west end are two small sashes, likely from the late 17th century, one with 18 panes and one with 12 panes, featuring original glazing bars and large quoins. An inserted plate glass window sits below, and originally there was a wider door to the right, now with a timber lintel. There are two small four-pane sashes on the first floor and two 20th-century three-light windows below to the right, adjacent to a jettied timber-framed gable with incised render and a 15-pane sash (5 over 10). A 20th-century window is below this. The remaining blocks have scattered fenestration, with several blocked openings with timber lintels, including former cottage doorways. The gable is stone built at the rear.
Local climate
The White Hart receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1995
- 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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