King's Arms Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1974. Public house.

King's Arms Public House

WRENN ID
sheer-transept-tide
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Austell and Newquay MP: Noah Law (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 March 1974
Type
Public house
Address
King's Arms Public House, Fore Street, Mevagissey
OS grid reference
SX 014 447
Coordinates
50.26945, -4.78768
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The King's Arms Public House is an early to mid-19th century building located on the west side of Fore Street in Mevagissey. It is constructed from rubble with stucco quoins and window dressings that feature keyblocks. The ground floor is rusticated, and the building stands three storeys high, with two sash windows that do not have glazing bars. The entrance is a central panelled door adorned with bolection mouldings and a keyblock. The roof is slate with a gable end, and there is a modern flat-headed dormer. This public house is included in the listing for its group value with Nos 1 to 13 (odd) Polkirt Hill.

Local climate

King's Arms Public House 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 86% 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 0.2°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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  1. 1 and 3, Polkirt Hill Grade II 11 m
  2. 24, Fore Street Grade II 16 m
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  4. 5, Polkirt Hill Grade II 20 m
  5. 4 and 6, Polkirt Hill Grade II 24 m
  6. 13, Fore Street Grade II 24 m
  7. 6, Myrtle Court Grade II 30 m
  8. Coffee Lounge (To East of No 24 Fore Street) Grade II 31 m
  9. 1, West Wharf Grade II 31 m
  10. 11, 11a, 11b, 11c and 11d, Fore Street Grade II 33 m