The Kings Arms Public House

The King's Arms Public House is a public house that dates back to the early 17th century, with partial rebuilding and extension completed in 1898, and modernisation carried out in 1973-1974. The 1898 rebuilding was done by Thomas Winn for Samuel Smith's Brewery. The front range features rough-cast and whitewashed materials, with a moulded cornice at the sprocketed eaves and replica timber-framing on the gable walls. The roof at the front is slate, while the rear has pantiles, adorned with pierced cresting and barge-boarded gables. The wing is also rough-cast and whitewashed, with a slate roof and a moulded timber eaves cornice supported by scrolled wrought-iron brackets. There are three stacks, two made of brick and one rendered.

The exterior showcases a two-storey, three-bay front, with the upper storey jettied over the adjacent fronts to King's Staith and King Street. The original entrance to King's Staith has been blocked and replaced with a 2-light small-pane casement window. The flanking windows are similar, consisting of three lights, all featuring chamfered sills and lintels made of painted stone. The first-floor windows have two sets of 4-pane lights within architraves, complete with moulded sills. The lintel of the central ground floor window is relief carved with the date 1898 and the initials SS. A moulded jetty plate runs along the front and right return, with a dragon beam at the corner. The entrance consists of a 20th-century door within a moulded surround located on the left return.

On the right return, there is a two-storey, two-window wing adjacent to the jettied gable wall. This gable wall features a single-light first-floor window with a moulded sill and a two-light attic window. In the wing, the ground floor window is a three-light casement with a moulded sill, and the glass is embossed with Art Nouveau motifs, including 'OUSEBRIDGE INN' and 'SMOKE ROOM'. The first-floor windows consist of two and three lights with plain sills, while the upper floor displays shaped panels of applied timber-framing. The windows in the wing are topped with moulded cornice hoods. The inn was known as the 'Ousebridge' from 1898 until 1974.