Kings Head Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. Public house.
Kings Head Public House
- WRENN ID
- still-flint-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Southwark
- Constituency
- Bermondsey and Old Southwark MP: Neil Coyle (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- Kings Head Public House, Kings Head Yard
- OS grid reference
- TQ 326 801
- Coordinates
- 51.50464, -0.08948
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The King's Head Public House, located at King's Head Yard, is a public house dating from 1881. It is constructed of brick with stone dressings and stands three storeys tall, featuring a dormer and a three-window range. The exterior is notable for its attractive design, including traceried lights, and is specifically designed to display a 16th-century bust of King Henry VIII at the center. Inside, the pub retains several original features, such as cornices, columns, and parts of the bar.
Local climate
Kings 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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