Kings Head Inn

The King's Head Inn is a house, now a public house, dating to the mid-17th century, with significant refurbishment around 1865 and later 19th and 20th century additions. It is constructed of rendered materials with red brick eaves stacks and has a pantile roof.

The building has a double-depth plan, featuring a single drinking area with a servery towards the front and a rectangular seating area behind a low screen. The exterior is a three-storey, cellar-level structure with a single window range. The front is a 19th-century public house design, with a door on the left-hand side. The ground floor is slightly forward of the main facade, featuring a large canted window. Upper windows contain sash windows with margin bars. The date "Circa 1660" is painted on the facade, and near the rear door on the right. There is a large four-pane fixed window, and sash windows with margin bars above.

The interior’s bar counter dates from around 1865, with rectangular panels, consoles, and a 1998 counter top. There is fixed bench seating between the counter and the front window. The bar back features broad depressed arches framing a plain mirror glass. Attached columns stand on a white marble shelf, with capitals displaying stylized upright leaves. Behind the columns are vertical glazed strips with gold interlocking circles on a green ground. A large glass panel advertises "BURTON ALES AND DUBLIN STOUT," signed by Fred Brean. The arches of the bar back extend into the rear section of the public house. Above these arches are thin rectangular panels advertising various products including "CORDIALS, LONDON GIN, JAMAICA RUM, IRISH & SCOTCH WHISKIES, FRENCH BRANDY, PORT & SHERRY, CIGARS," etc. In the rear section of the public house, a former counter and lower part of the bar back were replaced in the later 19th century with a rectangular seating area including fixed benches with high backs and bell pushes. A gas fitting for a lamp and a cigar-lighter is fixed to the top of the left-hand bench-back. Match board dado panelling runs along the left-hand side of the public house. Ladies' and gents' toilets at the rear are divided by timber partition.

The King’s Head Inn is a rare example of a small urban public house that retains its ensemble of 19th-century furnishings.