The Griffins Head Public House is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 August 1972. Public house. 1 related planning application.
The Griffins Head Public House
- WRENN ID
- bitter-stronghold-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 August 1972
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Griffins Head Public House, Wilby Road, Mears Ashby, NN6 0DX
- OS grid reference
- SP 840 665
- Coordinates
- 52.29031, -0.76944
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Griffins Head Public House is a mid-19th century public house located on Wilby Road in Mears Ashby. It is constructed of brick with limestone ashlar dressings and features a slate roof. The building has an original H-shape plan designed in the Tudor style and stands two storeys high. The entrance front includes a three-window range with two- and three-light stone mullion windows that have cast-iron lozenge and diamond glazing bars. A central bay features a 20th-century porch. The flanking cross wings project forward, each topped with gables, gable parapets, and finials. There are brick and stone diagonal stacks at the eaves and ridge. Below the central window, there is a stone shield displaying a Griffin head. The interior has been altered in the 20th century.
Local climate
The Griffins Head Public House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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