The Kings Arms Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 November 1962. A C17 Inn. 6 related planning applications.
The Kings Arms Inn
- WRENN ID
- strange-bronze-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 November 1962
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- The Kings Arms Inn, Monkton Farleigh Village, BA15 2QH
- OS grid reference
- ST 804 654
- Coordinates
- 51.38812, -2.28264
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Kings Arms Inn is an inn that dates from the 17th century and was later altered in the late 19th century. It is constructed of random rubble stone and features a double Roman tiled roof with a gable end and lateral stone stacks on the front elevation. The building is arranged in a U-shape with a front courtyard and is two stories high with three windows.
At the center of the front is a three-story gabled porch that has a round-arched opening with a square hoodmould. There are string courses, a three-light ovolo-mullioned casement with a hoodmould on the first floor, and a blocked two-light mullioned window in the attic, all with a coped verge. On the ground floor, flanking the porch, are four-light mullioned casements with hoodmoulds; the left one has a relieving arch and there is an additional single-light ovolo-moulded light to the right of the porch. The first floor features three-light mullioned casements on either side of the porch, with stone stacks at the angles between the porch and the front.
To the right, there is a late 19th-century wing that includes ovolo-mullioned casements and planked doors, as well as ovolo-mullioned casements on the gable end and an attached single-storey stable. The stable wing on the left has two-light flush mullioned casements and a planked loading bay at the gable end, with a cart shed to the left that faces the street, featuring double planked doors and a gabled dormer. There is a 20th-century flat-roofed extension attached to the right return and a rear gabled stair turret. The brewhouse is said to have a datestone inscribed with "WK 1625." Inside, there is a winding newel staircase in the rear stair turret, with a planked door that has strap hinges at the foot, and chamfered beams in the main room.
Local climate
The Kings Arms Inn receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2025
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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