Kings Arms Public House, 11 Westgate

The Kings Arms Public House, located at 11 Westgate, is a public house that was formerly a hotel, built in the late 18th century or early 19th century.

The building is constructed of red and red-brown brick in Flemish bond, topped with a roof covered in concrete tiles. It is two storeys high and consists of five bays under an M-shaped roof.

The main west elevation is divided into two sections that are slightly angled to the street, featuring subtle design variations. The northern section has three six-over-six timber sash windows on each floor, which are flush with the wall and have rendered and painted window heads. A doorway located between the two southern bays features a timber doorcase with a pediment supported by brackets and a rectangular three-light fanlight above. The eaves are adorned with two courses of corbelled brickwork, and there are two pitched-roof dormers with timber casements facing Westgate. A later 20th-century brick chimney stack in stretcher bond is situated on the northern gable.

The southern section of the elevation is two bays wide. The ground-floor bay on the south side includes a brick-arched carriage entrance, while the northern bay features a canted bay window with an eight-over-eight timber sash, flanked by two-light timber sashes, all within a moulded timber frame resting on a brick base. On the first floor, there are two six-over-six timber sashes, also flush with the wall and set under painted brick arch heads. The eaves here have a single course of projecting brickwork, and there are two plain, lead-covered dormers with timber casements facing Westgate. A rendered plinth runs along both sections below the ground-floor window sills.

Behind the original west range, there are two adjoining 20th-century extensions. To the east along the northern boundary, there is a flat-roofed element that connects to buildings on Guildhall Street, and to the south, there is a one- to two-storey extension under a pitched roof.