King'S Head Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Lichfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1952. Public house.
King'S Head Public House
- WRENN ID
- former-plinth-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lichfield
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1952
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- King'S Head Public House, 21, Bird Street
- OS grid reference
- SK 115 094
- Coordinates
- 52.68295, -1.83045
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The King's Head Public House is a coaching inn that has been in use as a public house since the mid to late 18th century, with some early 19th-century alterations. It is constructed of brick and features a hipped tile roof with a brick stack at the right end. The building is designed in a Georgian style and has an L-plan layout, standing three storeys tall with a three-window range. A cornice runs along the top of the building.
To the right end, there is a carriage entrance that features a rusticated wedge lintel and paired six-fielded-panel doors. The windows are set with sills; the ground floor has two segmental-headed windows that contain tripartite sashes with a configuration of four panes, twelve panes, and four panes. The upper windows have rubbed brick flat arches, with twelve-pane sashes on the first floor and six-pane sashes on the second floor.
A plaque on the building commemorates the raising of a regiment of Foot in 1705 by Colonel Lillingston, which later became part of the South Staffordshire Regiment. Inside, the pub features heavy chamfered beams and some exposed timber-framing. The King's Head is a notable example of a coaching inn that served the route from London to Holyhead and Carlisle.
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