The Kings Arms Hotel is a Grade II* listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1958. Hotel. 17 related planning applications.

The Kings Arms Hotel

WRENN ID
dark-sentry-indigo
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Chesham and Amersham MP: Sarah Green (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 December 1958
Type
Hotel
Address
The Kings Arms Hotel, 30, High Street, Amersham, HP7 0DJ
OS grid reference
SU 956 973
Coordinates
51.66655, -0.61797
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Kings Arms Hotel is a building dating from the 16th century and later, originally consisting of two separate properties that were combined, renovated, and altered in 1936. It features a timber frame with colourwashed plaster infill and red brick infill on the eastern flank wall. The hotel has an old tile roof and two large brick stacks with octagonal shafts, and it stands two storeys tall.

There is a central carriage arch, with the section to the east having been refaced in 1936, which also saw the addition of an eastern gable and dormer. The modern oak doors and leaded windows contrast with the original section to the west of the carriageway, which retains its hall and crosswing plan, two gables, and a jettied first floor. The western gable has blocked arched openings, a modern oak door, and leaded casement windows.

The rear elevation displays three gables with exposed timber framing, two sash windows on the first floor, and a small tiled lean-to to the east of the carriageway along the eastern wing. There is also a short central wing and the rear of the 16th-century cross-wing at the western end.

Local climate

The Kings Arms Hotel sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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