King'S Arms Public House

SO 8463 OMBERSLEY CP WORCESTER ROAD (east side)

9/214 King's Arms Public House

29.12.52 GV II

House, now public house. C15, altered and extended Cl7, mid-C19 and mid-C20. Timber-framed, rendered infill, brick replacement walling, dressed sandstone base, plain tiled roofs, four diagonal brick stacks to main ridge with over- sailing cap courses. Main range of four framed bays with lobby-entry in left end bay and with a cross-wing of two framed bays at north end and single framed bay addition to rear right. Two storeys, cellar and attic with dormers. Framing: main part has some close-set vertical studding to front ground floor, otherwise mainly one panel to ground floor and three to first floor; straight braces across lower corners of first floor; cross-wing is jettied at front on brackets with moulded bressummer and has close-set vertical studding at first floor level to front and on left side elevation; two large gabled dormers in main roof have collar-and-tie-beam trusses with queen struts and V-struts in apex; truss at right gable end has two collars and tie-beam, partly rebuilt in brick and painted to simulate framing; cross-wing has single collar-and-tie-beam truss with close-set vertical studding. Front elevation: plank weathering between main storeys; main part has a ground floor 3-light casement and a 16-pane sash; first floor has a 3-light casement flanked by oriel windows on single decoratively carved brackets (both of three lights); the outer lights of the right side window are blocked; in the narrow left bay are C20 paired plank and battened doors with cambered doorheads; the cross- wing gable end has a ground floor 3-light casement and a first floor oriel window on a decoratively carved bracket. Interior: lobby-entry with large inglenook back-to-back fireplaces in left bay; front ground floor room of cross-wing has plaster ceiling decorated with Garter, a floral design, a mermaid and a Tudor rose; main beams are stop-chamfered. The house is traditionally believed to have received Charles II after the Battle of Worcester.

Listing NGR: SO8453763494