The King'S Arms

The King's Arms is a public house, likely dating to the late 16th or 17th century, with a facade from the late 18th or early 19th century. It is timber-framed. The ground floor of the front elevation is painted brick, while the first floor is tile-hung. The right side of the rear wing has red and grey brick in a Flemish bond pattern to the ground floor, and broadly-spaced timber studs with red brick infilling to the first floor. The roof is tiled, with a steeply-pitched section to the front range featuring a gablet to the right and four horizontal stripes of grey tiles. The rear wing has a roof with eaves and a ridge at the same height as the front range, and a rear hip. Stacks are located on the rear and at the ridge towards the junction with the main range. The fenestration is irregular, including three three-light casements. There are two six-pane sashes on the ground floor. A rectangular painted brick bay sits towards the centre of the ground floor, featuring a flat leaded roof with a cornice, small-paned windows, and a door at the left end. A carriage entrance is located at the right end of the front range. A long rear wing extends to the left, encompassing roughly three timber-framed bays. The interior of the wing’s ground floor was inspected and reveals exposed framing with broadly-spaced studding to the left wall of the front bay. It contains chamfered cross beams, chamfered axial beams to the front and central bays, and a dragon beam to the rear bay. There are also rebated studs and a shutter-groove for a window on the left wall of the front bay. The building was formerly known as the Cock Inn, and has an underbuilt continuous jetty to the long right side of the rear wing, returning around the rear gable end. A tile-hung parapet is present on the front range.