The Kings Head is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1987. Public house. 4 related planning applications.
The Kings Head
- WRENN ID
- sacred-copper-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- Stroud MP: Dr Simon Opher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1987
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Kings Head, High Street, King's Stanley, GL10 3JD
- OS grid reference
- SO 811 035
- Coordinates
- 51.72992, -2.27387
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The King's Head is a public house dating from around 1820. It is built of Flemish bond red brick, which has been painted, with coursed rubble limestone and features brick chimneys. The roofs are covered with plain tiles and Welsh slate. The building is two stories high with an attic and has a two-story out-building attached at the east end.
The front of the pub has a four-window arrangement with 16-pane sash windows that have gauged brick flat arches above them. There are late 20th-century shutters on the windows. The entrance is off-centre and features a round-arched doorway with a 20th-century plank door and glazing. Above, there are four small-paned gabled roof dormers. The front corners of the elevation are accented with stone quoins.
At the east gable ends, there are brick chimneys, and the east end has an off-centre attic casement with a timber lintel. The rear wing at the west end has been altered in the 20th century, and there are also 20th-century doors and windows inserted in the outbuilding at the east end, which was likely used as stables in the past. Various 20th-century additions have been made to the rear of the building, but these are not of special interest.
An inn has been recorded on this site since 1766, and it holds an important position at a road junction in the village.
Local climate
The Kings Head receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 4 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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