The King's Arms Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1973. Public house. 1 related planning application.
The King's Arms Public House
- WRENN ID
- last-timber-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dacorum
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1973
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The King's Arms Public House, High Street, Berkhamsted, HP4 3HL
- OS grid reference
- SP 992 077
- Coordinates
- 51.75982, -0.56337
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The King's Arms Public House is a late 17th century or early 18th century building that has been altered. It features chequered brickwork and a Welsh slate roof with a cornice. The structure has three storeys, although it was originally two, and includes a wooden cornice at the former eaves level. The façade has three casement windows with wooden mullions and transoms, along with three late 19th century oriel bay windows on the first floor. The building is part of a group that includes Nos 137 to 147 on the odd side of High Street.
Local climate
The King's Arms Public House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 1 application
- 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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