The King'S Head Public House

The King's Head Public House is a long-jetty house dating from around 1500, which has been altered in the 19th century. It is timber framed and plastered, with a brick facade in Flemish bond, and has a roof made of handmade red clay tiles. The building consists of four bays aligned northwest to southeast, with a southwest aspect and a chimney stack located in the second bay from the southeast end, creating a lobby entrance. There are three rear extensions, two of which have end chimney stacks from the 19th and 20th centuries, along with two single-storey extensions beyond. The main range was extended to the southeast by approximately 600 millimeters in the 18th or 19th century, and the southwest elevation was faced with brick, obscuring the jetty in the 19th century.

The building has two storeys, with the main elevation featuring painted brick. It includes a half-glazed door and four double-hung sash windows with 4, 4, 6, and 6 lights respectively, all equipped with external hinged shutters. On the first floor, there are three double-hung sash windows with 6 lights, all dating from the late 19th or early 20th century. The chimney stack has grouped diagonal shafts.

Inside, the structure reveals jowled posts and exposed framing, heavy studs, plain-chamfered axial beams with plain stops, and unchamfered joists of horizontal section that are jointed to the beams with unrefined soffit tenons. The northwest bay was originally the service end, and while the axial partition has been removed, the positions of twin service doors and the original stair trap are still identifiable. The original front door has been blocked, but one iron hinge remains in place. The jetty is underbuilt, and there are two large wood-burning hearths, one of which features an original wooden cupboard at the rear.

On the first floor, there is one unglazed rear window with two of the three diamond mullions still in place, and arched braces to the tiebeams. The roof is constructed with clasped purlins and has high arched collars at every fourth rafter couple, along with curved wind bracing. All rafters have been reused and are trenched for their former use in a crownpost construction.