The Kings Arms Inn is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1974. Inn. 3 related planning applications.
The Kings Arms Inn
- WRENN ID
- sacred-pilaster-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1974
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- The Kings Arms Inn, 16, Bucklersbury, SG5 1BB
- OS grid reference
- TL 183 289
- Coordinates
- 51.9463, -0.27931
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The King's Arms Inn is a building from the 16th or early 17th century that has been altered over time. It features a stucco front that may be hiding a timber-framed structure beneath. The building has an old tiled roof and stands two storeys high. There is a first-floor band and three windows with glazing bars, including both casement and sash types. A carriageway is located on the right side, and there is a doorway on the left with cut brackets supporting the hood. The King's Arms Inn is part of a group that includes Nos 15 to 19.
Local climate
The Kings Arms Inn sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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