The King's Head Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1954. Hotel, public house.

The King's Head Hotel

WRENN ID
fallen-banister-moth
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Constituency
Poole MP: Neil Duncan-Jordan (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 June 1954
Type
Hotel, public house
Address
The King's Head Hotel, 6, High Street
OS grid reference
SZ 009 903
Coordinates
50.71282, -1.9886
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The King's Head Hotel is a public house that originated as a hotel in the mid-16th century. It was refronted in the 18th century and underwent alterations in the late 20th century. The building is constructed of rendered brick, features gable brick stacks, and has a tiled roof. It has a left-hand L-shaped plan that extends to the back and consists of two storeys and an attic with a six-window range. The structure has a low plinth and a coped left-hand gable. The central doorway is flanked by pilasters leading to a cornice and features a panelled door. The windows are horned 6/6-pane sashes set in exposed frames.

Inside, the ground floor has been altered to include a 20th-century bar, while the left-hand rear room retains an enriched ceiling from the 16th century. According to the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, the front range has a six-bay Queen post roof with wind braces, cambered collars, and tie beams. The roof of the rear wing has three bays without braces, with ceiling joists framed between the ties. This roof design is noted as a transitional type between the open medieval style and the late 16th-century style with attics. Historically, the front of the building previously featured a late 18th to 19th-century shop front on the right side.

Local climate

The King's Head Hotel receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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