The Kings Arms Hotel

ST 9063 MELKSHAM MARKET PLACE (east side)

7/136 The Kings Arms Hotel

29.9.50

II

Inn. C18 to early C19. Ashlar and Welsh slate mansard roof to left wing, rubblestone and stone slate hipped roof to right part. L-plan. Right part is early C18 with main entrance on left return from street. 2-storey, 3-window. Wooden portico on columns with 4-pane sashes to first floor. Moulded eaves cornice. Street frontage to right has central door with paired 12-pane sashes either side, three 12-pane sashes to first floor and continuation of moulded eaves cornice. Two hipped dormers with casements. Left wing is late C18, 2 storeys and attic, 3 windows. Door to left has semi-circular arched head with keystone and imposts, to right are three pairs of 12-pane sashes in beaded cases with mullion. Plat band to first floor, central sash with pair of sashes either side. Three flat-roofed dormers with sashes to mansard roof. To left is attached single storey rubblestone wing with pair of 12-pane sashes (C20 insertions) and carriage entry through to stable block to rear left. To rear are attached rubblestone and ashlar wings with C20 windows, main range has projecting chimney stacks on rubblestone rear. Altered interior.

Listing NGR: ST9048563661