Kings Arms Public House, 11 Westgate

Public house, formerly a hotel, constructed during the late C18 or early C19.

MATERIALS: The building is of red and red-brown brick in Flemish bond with a roof covering of concrete tiles.

PLAN: the building is of two storeys across five bays, under an M-shaped roof.

EXTERIOR: the principal, west elevation is arranged in two sections set at slightly different angles to the street and with subtle variations in design. The north section contains three, six-over-six timber sash windows on each floor, set flush to the wall, under rendered and painted window heads. A doorway between the two southern bays carries a timber doorcase with a pediment supported on brackets and a rectangular, three-light fanlight. There are two courses of corbelled brickwork at the eaves, and two pitched-roof dormers with timber casements facing onto Westgate. There is a later-C20 ridge chimney stack of brick in stretcher bond positioned on the northern gable. The southern section of the elevation is two bays wide. The southern ground-floor bay contains a brick-arched carriage entrance while the northern bay contains a canted bay window with an eight-over-eight timber sash flanked by two-light timber sashes, within a moulded timber frame over a brick base. On the first floor are two, six-over-six timber sashes set flush with the wall, under painted brick arch heads. There is a single course of projecting brickwork at the eaves, and two plain, lead-covered dormers with timber casements looking out onto Westgate. A rendered plinth runs along both sections below the ground-floor window sills. Behind the older, west range are two adjoining C20 extensions. Running east along the northern boundary is a flat-roofed element adjoining buildings fronting Guildhall Street. To the south is a one–to two-storey extension under a pitched roof.