The King's Arms Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 October 1953. Hotel.
The King's Arms Hotel
- WRENN ID
- nether-obsidian-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Constituency
- Christchurch MP: Sir Christopher Chope (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 October 1953
- Type
- Hotel
- Address
- The King's Arms Hotel, Castle Street, BH23 1DT
- OS grid reference
- SZ 159 927
- Coordinates
- 50.73406, -1.77476
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The King's Arms Hotel is a Grade II listed building located on Castle Street. It consists of two sections. The western section dates from the 18th century and is constructed of painted brick with a steeply pitched slate roof and a moulded eaves cornice. This part has two storeys and a dormer, featuring one window with sashes and boxed frames. The first floor has glazing bars, while the ground floor has a three-light sash window with late 19th-century glazing.
The eastern section, built around 1800, has a white brick facade with a stucco plinth. It features a hipped bellcast slate roof and a moulded wood eaves cornice. This section has three storeys and a modern attic, with five sash windows, the upper ones having glazing bars. The central first-floor window is a three-light design with a stone pediment above and flanking pilasters. An iron balcony stretches across the width of the first floor. The wide porch is supported by Tuscan columns, and the door is flanked by narrow lights with a wide fanlight above.
The King's Arms Hotel is part of a group of buildings that includes Nos 4 to 6 (even), 6a, 8 to 12 (even), 12a, 14 to 18 (even), and Nos 1 to 11 (odd) opposite, along with the Castle, the signboard of the King's Arms Hotel, and the Constable's House and Town Bridge across the street. Nos 10, 12, and 12A also contribute to this group, as does the Town Bridge to the east. Nos 8 and 10 are noted as buildings of local interest.
Local climate
The King's Arms Hotel receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% 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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