The King'S Arms Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Eastbourne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 2002. Public house. 1 related planning application.
The King'S Arms Public House
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-landing-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Eastbourne
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 2002
- Type
- Public house
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The King's Arms Public House is a public house built around 1900, with the architect believed to be A Dixon. The front is made of red brick with rendered dressings, while the side elevations are rendered and topped with a tiled mansard roof featuring decorative brick and render stacks. The building has three storeys and attics with irregular window arrangements, primarily consisting of sash windows with horns and no glazing bars.
The front elevation features four dormers with swansneck pediments and console brackets. On the first floor, there are two pairs of sashes and two single sashes, all with basket arches, keystones, and joined impost blocks. A notable feature is the full-height wooden octagonal tower on the left corner, topped with a copper roof and small cupola, which includes a canted bay window. This tower is connected to a first-floor wooden verandah that has a tented copper canopy supported by large brackets, with giant brackets at the corners. The first floor also has French windows. The ground floor showcases two different types of marble and includes original bar windows with engraved glass. The entrance lobby is decorated with tiles, featuring a top panel depicting two anglers in 18th-century dress alongside "Ye Kings Arms," with the landlord holding a tray, and a lower panel with grapes and an urn, along with a mosaic floor inscribed "KINGS ARMS HOTEL." The left side elevation is simpler, featuring sashes with horns.
Inside, the front bar retains a strapwork ceiling and an elaborate plastered cornice with brackets and floral motifs. It includes an original fireplace adorned with oval paterae, decorated panels, and pilasters, as well as an original bar with chevron-patterned columns featuring Ionic capitals and female masks, along with a panelled bar counter supported by bracketed pilasters. The rear bar has a deep cornice with scrollwork, terms, and oval medallions, and features a large rectangular skylight flanked by an elaborate cornice with panels depicting putti dancing and playing musical instruments. The first floor retains a large function room with an original moulded cornice, dado rail, and French windows. The building is shown on the 1910 Ordnance Survey map.
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