The Unicorn Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1983. Hotel. 9 related planning applications.
The Unicorn Hotel
- WRENN ID
- bitter-bastion-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 April 1983
- Type
- Hotel
- Address
- The Unicorn Hotel, Sheep Street, Stow-On-The-Wold, GL54 1HQ
- OS grid reference
- SP 190 257
- Coordinates
- 51.92954, -1.72481
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Unicorn Hotel is located on the north side of Sheep Street at the corner of Fosse Way. The present structure dates from the mid-18th century and stands two and a half storeys tall. It is built of ashlar with a Cotswold stone roof featuring coped verges and an ashlar corniced chimney on the west side. The building has two gabled dormers and two windows, which are mostly glazing bar sashes, with keys on the first floor. The central entrance consists of a half-glazed door topped by a bracketed stone hood.
On the return to Fosse Way, there is a large two-storey angled bay that dates from the early 19th century. Additionally, there is a significant mid-19th century two-storey extension with a hipped roof facing Fosse Way, which includes five glazing bar sash windows and two segment-arched coachways on the ground floor. To the left, there is a single-storey extension with a blocked doorway that features a pilastered surround and a fanlight.
Local climate
The Unicorn Hotel receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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 — 4 transactions since 2015
- Related listed building consents — 9 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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