The Kings Arms Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 1986. Public house. 4 related planning applications.
The Kings Arms Public House
- WRENN ID
- empty-lancet-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dacorum
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 May 1986
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Kings Arms Public House, King Street, Tring, HP23 6BE
- OS grid reference
- SP 921 111
- Coordinates
- 51.79144, -0.66575
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Kings Arms Public House is a mid-19th century establishment located on King Street. It features a stucco-painted exterior and a steep hipped slate roof. This two-storey building with attics has a square shape and presents a classical urban pub design, facing west on a peninsular site at a junction. The symmetrical west front is three windows wide and includes a plinth, corner pilasters, caps, eaves bond, moulded architraves, and bracketed sills for the recessed sash windows, which have 6/6 panes. There is a projecting porch with steps, Tuscan columns, a full entablature, and a blocking course. The entrance consists of a half-glazed door with side-lights. The north and south sides also have similar pilastered elevations that are three windows wide, with side-wall chimneys that rise above the eaves. Notably, the first window from the front corner on both floors is formed through the chimney stack, with a fireplace located inside under each window. The interior features panelled shutters in deep reveals, along with pine panelled doors and stripped joinery.
Local climate
The Kings Arms Public House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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