The King's Head Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. A Victorian Public house. 5 related planning applications.

The King's Head Public House

WRENN ID
woven-lime-aspen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Islington
Constituency
Islington South and Finsbury MP: Emily Thornberry (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Public house
Address
The King's Head Public House, 115, Upper Street, N1 1QN
OS grid reference
TQ 316 838
Coordinates
51.5383, -0.10281
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The King's Head Public House is a building dating from 1864, with possible later alterations. It is constructed of yellow brick set in Flemish bond, with polished grey and pink granite and stucco, and features a roof that is obscured by a parapet. The building stands three storeys high and has a three-window range. The ground floor frontage, which may date from the 1890s, is divided into five bays by Ionic columns made of polished grey and pink granite, which support polished pink granite antae with incised decoration. There are three entrances with curved bay windows situated between them. The wooden front is panelled at dado level and features double panelled doors at the outer entrances, along with arcaded overlights above the entrances. A modillion cornice sits above the fascia, topped with iron cresting. The first-floor windows are flat-arched and have segmental pediments, with the middle window being tripartite. The second-floor windows are similar but feature triangular pediments, and there are chamfered quoins on the upper storeys. The parapet is adorned with a balustrade. Inside, the pub has deal boarding to the dado, two marble fireplaces, a late-19th century island bar-back with engraved and faceted glass, and a bar counter that is likely from the same period; the last two items may have been reset and possibly altered.

Local climate

The King's Head Public House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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