Kings Arms Public House is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1988. Public house. 2 related planning applications.
Kings Arms Public House
- WRENN ID
- rusted-arch-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1988
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- Kings Arms Public House, Kings Arms Lane, Polebrook, PE8 5LW
- OS grid reference
- TL 066 871
- Coordinates
- 52.47171, -0.43062
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Kings Arms Public House is a public house that likely dates from the late 17th century to the 18th century, with a datestone indicating "Rice Slatcher/1821". It is constructed of squared coursed limestone and features a thatched roof. Originally, the building probably had a two-unit plan but has since been altered to an L-shaped layout. The structure is two storeys high and has an irregular four-window range of 20th-century casements. The windows on the right side are set under original wooden lintels, while those on the left have 20th-century concrete lintels. There is a 20th-century door, also under a wooden lintel, located at the far left. To the left of the center, there is a 20th-century lean-to extension with an artificial slate roof. The building has ashlar gable parapets and brick stacks at the ridge and end. The left gable features an inscribed panel reading "T.T.". The rear wing resembles the main front and also has a thatched roof. Inside, the two rooms on the left contain open fireplaces with bressumers and stop-chamfered spine beams. The two bays on the right were formerly part of a separate dwelling.
Local climate
Kings Arms Public House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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 — 1 transaction since 2025
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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