King's Arms Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 1974. Hotel. 3 related planning applications.
King's Arms Hotel
- WRENN ID
- sheer-ashlar-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 February 1974
- Type
- Hotel
- Address
- King's Arms Hotel, Fore Street, Salcombe, TQ8 8BU
- OS grid reference
- SX 740 390
- Coordinates
- 50.23796, -3.76726
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The King's Arms Hotel is an 18th-century building located on the east side of Fore Street. It is a three-storey structure finished in stucco. The second floor features two sash windows with exposed frames, one of which retains its glazing bars. The first floor also has two sash windows with exposed frames, with one still having glazing bars. On the ground floor, there are two sash windows, and the central entrance has been altered. A hanging sign is positioned at the first floor. The hotel occupies an important location.
Local climate
King's Arms Hotel sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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.
- No sale records on file
- 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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