Kings Arms Public House

BURY ST EDMUNDS

TL8564SW BRENTGOVEL STREET 639-1/7/199 (South side) No.23 King's Arms Public House

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Public house. C17 with C19 alterations; older core to part. Timber-framed, encased in C19 brick, now painted. Old plaintiles. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and cellars; T-shaped form with a long rear range. 3 sash windows to the upper storey, all with a single vertical bar to lights, in heavy cased frames with shallow reveals, flat cement arches and stone sills. 3 similar but larger windows to the ground storey and one narrower sash without glazing-bars. 2 doorways with moulded surrounds have half-glazed double doors. Pierced and fluted barge-boards to the west gable. The rear range is rendered, with a shallow-pitched roof. INTERIOR: the cellars extend below the whole of the rear range. Main beams and wallplates are exposed on the upper storey of the front range. The rear range is in 2 sections with the half adjoining the front originally lower. The lower wallplate is visible along the east wall with a barefaced dovetail halving for a former tie-beam.

Listing NGR: TL8540664359