Kitchener's Arms is a Grade II* listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 December 1950. A Georgian Public house. 3 related planning applications.
Kitchener's Arms
- WRENN ID
- worn-clay-blackthorn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 December 1950
- Type
- Public house
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Kitchener's Arms, Hill Street, Trowbridge
- OS grid reference
- ST 853 580
- Coordinates
- 51.32136, -2.21118
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Kitchener’s Arms is an early 18th-century public house. Formerly known as the "King of Prussia," possibly reflecting its connection to the Seven Years’ War, the building may originally have comprised more than one dwelling. It is a three-story structure with a projecting plinth and a moulded string course above the ground and first-floor windows. A moulded eaves cornice tops the building, leading to a tented roof covered with double-roman tiles and a crested ridge. The windows are glazing bar sashes, with brackets supporting the cills; the ground-floor windows have wooden frames. The upper floors feature a pattern of three coupled windows alternating with single windows. The ground floor follows a similar pattern, with three coupled windows alternating with doorways. The left and central doors are six-panel doors with glazed upper panels, while the right-hand door is four-panel. The central door is framed by a stone architrave incorporating console brackets supporting a cornice and segmental pediment. The other outer doors have architraves with flat moulded stone heads, lined with a string, and supported on stone scroll brackets. The first-floor window in the third bay from the right (above the central door) has a plain surround with a cornice and pediment on console brackets. The return side facing Wicker Hill has a similar design, including a gable and a single window. The glazing of the ground-floor windows has been altered. A gable lit attic is present to the north. A single-story extension has been added to the west, featuring a modern bay on the south side. Three brick chimneys are located at the rear, with a gable over the central chimney.
Local climate
Kitchener's Arms receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 28 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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