The Kings Arms Public House

The King's Arms is a public house with a mid-16th century core, significantly altered in the 18th century. A crosswing to the left dates back to the early 14th century and was extended in the 15th or early 16th century. The building is timber-framed and plastered with a concrete plaintiled roof featuring 19th-century pierced crested ridge tiles. It has two storeys. An axial chimney originally built in the mid-16th century with pink/buff bricks, although the upper section was rebuilt in the 19th century using red brick. Late 19th-century mullioned and transomed small-pane casements are present on the ground floor, with smaller, earlier 19th-century casements above. A 19th-century four-panelled door is located at the lobby entrance.

The two-bay crosswing exhibits rare early 14th-century carpentry, featuring widely-spaced studwork with wide plank tension braces and square-sectioned arch braces, some straight and others slightly curved. The open truss has a cambered tie-beam with chamfered arch braces. Evidence suggests an earlier crownpost roof, which was removed in the mid-20th century. The wing was extended approximately three bays to the rear in the 15th or early 16th century, displaying close studding and heavy, unchamfered floor joists. A rear bay was largely rebuilt around 1700, featuring a hipped butt-purlin roof.

The main range’s ceiling contains roll-moulded joists dating to around 1550. The bar to the right retains mid-16th century features, including unmoulded framing and a wide, lintelled open fireplace. A 17th-century newel staircase is present, with a balustrade featuring serpentine splat balusters. During the 18th century, the walls of the main range were raised, and the roof was rebuilt. NMR records detail the building’s history.