The Kings Arms Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1970. Public house. 4 related planning applications.

The Kings Arms Public House

WRENN ID
solemn-forge-heath
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 June 1970
Type
Public house
Address
The Kings Arms Public House, 15 and 16, Trinity Road, Weymouth, DT4 8TJ
OS grid reference
SY 679 786
Coordinates
50.60678, -2.45489
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Kings Arms Public House, which also includes the former dwelling No.16, is a public house dating from the 18th century and early 19th century. The building is rendered and has slate roofs. The plan shows that No.15 was raised with an attic storey in the late 19th century and features a deep rear range with a wide mansard roof, a hipped front, and a gabled rear. The front may incorporate earlier fabric, and the ceiling heights are noticeably lower compared to the adjoining No.16.

The exterior consists of two storeys and an attic, with a wide gabled central dormer that has decorative barge-boards and a finial, covering paired 6-pane sashes set above a sill band. On the first floor, there is an 8:12:8-pane bow oriel with a cornice that extends as a string course, alongside a 16-pane sash. The ground floor features a 2-light shop front beneath the oriel, and to the right, there are two arched doorways with deep reveals, each with painted-in fanlights. The first doorway has a 6-panel door, while the second has a 20th-century window inset. This section has a high plinth and a coped parapet at the level of the dormer's eaves. The rear includes a small 2-light casement in the attic above one sash and one replacement light, above flat-roofed extensions.

No.16 has a higher parapet than No.15 and is also two storeys with an attic. It features a small 2-light flat-roofed dormer above a two-window frontage, all with 16-pane sashes, except for a tripartite 8:12:8-pane sash oriel on the right. The central entrance has a flush panelled door beneath a plaster 'shell' fanlight, accessed by two stone steps. A similar door and fanlight, likely leading to a throughway, is located to the far right. This range shares a plinth with No.15, along with a moulded cornice, blocking course, and parapet. A tall brick gable stack is positioned to the left, and the rear features a small gabled wing with a 16-pane sash above flat-roofed extensions. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

The Kings Arms Public House receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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