The Kings Arms Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 December 1985. Public house. 5 related planning applications.
The Kings Arms Public House
- WRENN ID
- winter-mantel-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 December 1985
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Kings Arms Public House, 39, Wallingford Street, Wantage, OX12 8AU
- OS grid reference
- SU 400 878
- Coordinates
- 51.58847, -1.42332
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Kings Arms Public House is a house that has been converted into a public house, dating from the early 18th century. It features mid-20th century mock timber-framing, with 18th-century Flemish bond brick at the base and rear, and an old tile roof with brick stacks. The building is L-shaped and has two storeys with a two-window range. All doors and windows are mid-20th century but designed in a 16th-century style. There is a through-passage on the left side. The roof is gabled with a ridge stack on the left.
At the rear left, there is a timber-framed outshut that connects to an early 18th-century two-storey section, which has a two-window range of English bond brick, dentilled eaves, an old tile gabled roof, and brick gable end stacks. The left side wall features an early 19th-century six-panelled door and an 18th-century two-light casement window. Inside, the first floor contains 18th-century plank doors. The original queen-post roof with clasped purlins has been rebuilt in the 20th century, and there are chamfered beams in the rear wing, although the roof has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Kings Arms Public House receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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