Invicta House Ye Olde King's Arms is a Grade II* listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 May 1950. Public house, historic building. 3 related planning applications.
Invicta House Ye Olde King's Arms
- WRENN ID
- ancient-plaster-scarlet
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Dover
- Constituency
- Herne Bay and Sandwich MP: Sir Roger Gale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 May 1950
- Type
- Public house, historic building
- Address
- Invicta House Ye Olde King's Arms, 63, Strand Street, Sandwich, CT13 9HN
- OS grid reference
- TR 329 584
- Coordinates
- 51.27745, 1.33839
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Invicta House, also known as Ye Olde King's Arms, is a notable building located at 63 Strand Street, dated 1592 on the corner post. The structure is a timber-framed building that dates from the early part of the 16th century and was refaced in the late 18th century. It retains the overhang of the first floor supported by carved brackets, with the corner bracket shaped like a centaur, which also features the date. The building has tiled roofs and consists of two storeys, while No 65 has three storeys. There are three windows facing north and five windows facing east. The front is stuccoed and includes a modillion eaves cornice. The sash windows, which have intact glazing bars, include some with pointed Gothic panes. The doorway on the east front is flanked by pilasters and has a flat hood above, situated beneath the overhang. The two southernmost window bays of the east front are a complete 18th century or early 19th century extension. Invicta House is part of a group with Nos 63 to 71 (odd).
Local climate
Invicta House Ye Olde King's Arms sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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