The King's Arms is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1968. Public house. 3 related planning applications.
The King's Arms
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1968
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The King's Arms, the Street, Boxley, ME14 3DR
- OS grid reference
- TQ 773 589
- Coordinates
- 51.30227, 0.5429
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The King's Arms is a public house that dates from the late 16th century, 17th century, and 18th century. It is divided into three sections. The left section, which is from the late 16th century, features a painted brick ground floor and timber framing with painted brick infilling on the first floor, topped with a plain tile roof. It has widely spaced studs with one tension brace at each end and stands at two low storeys on a plinth. There is a rear stack that is slightly off-centre to the left on the rear slope of the roof. The left end has a 20th-century half-glazed door and a 20th-century first-floor window towards the right, along with a post box at the right end.
The central section, dating from the 17th century, is timber-framed with painted brick nogging and also has a plain tile roof. It is much taller than the left section, with the first floor significantly higher than the ground floor. The framing consists of light scantling with widely spaced studs and features projecting boxed eaves. There is a ridge stack at the right end, a first-floor three-light casement window off-centre to the left, and a 20th-century four-light casement window to the left on the ground floor. A 20th-century boarded door is located at the right end, complete with a bracketed flat hood above.
The right section, built in the early to mid-18th century, is slightly higher than the central section and is made of painted brick with a plain tile roof. It has two storeys, attics, and a cellar, along with a plinth, plat band, and a moulded wood eaves cornice. There is a projecting stack at the right gable end and two hipped dormers. The fenestration is regular, featuring two large early 19th-century tripartite sash windows on each floor, with a recessed panel between the first-floor windows. There is no indication of a blocked door.
Local climate
The King's Arms sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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