The Old Kings Arms is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1987. Former inn.
The Old Kings Arms
- WRENN ID
- winter-joist-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 November 1987
- Type
- Former inn
- Address
- The Old Kings Arms, Church Street, Winsham
- OS grid reference
- ST 374 063
- Coordinates
- 50.85319, -2.88985
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old King's Arms is a former inn that has been converted into a private house, located at the end of a row on Church Street in Wincham. It dates from the late 18th century to early 19th century and is constructed of local stone rubble, with a rendered and colourwashed facade. The building features Welsh slate roofs set between stepped coped gables and has brick chimney stacks at either end.
The structure has a 'U'-shaped plan with a central throughway and stands two storeys high, with a street elevation comprising three bays. It includes a plinth and a band course at the upper cill level. The ground floor has sash windows with 25 panes, while the first floor features sash windows with 20 panes, all in plain openings. The second bay on the lower level contains an elliptical-arched throughway, complete with a keystone and impost blocks, leading to a pair of boarded doors, one of which has a wicket gate.
There is a 19th-century extension at the rear, which has timber casement windows visible on the south flank, one of which has a semi-circular-arched head. The interior has not been inspected. Attached to the north side of The Old King's Arms is Manor Cottage.
Local climate
The Old Kings Arms receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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