The Kings Arms is a Grade II listed building in the Pembrokeshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 1 July 1974. Inn. 1 related planning application.
The Kings Arms
- WRENN ID
- graven-gargoyle-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Constituency
- Mid and South Pembrokeshire MP: Henry Tufnell (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 1 July 1974
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- The Kings Arms, 23 Dew Street, Haverfordwest, SA61 1ST
- OS grid reference
- SM 951 154
- Coordinates
- 51.79969, -4.97295
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Kings Arms is an inn, likely dating from the late 18th or early 19th century. It is constructed of painted roughcast and stucco, with a slate roof and rendered stacks at the right end and along the ridge. The building comprises a three-bay main section and a one-bay section to the left, sharing similar detailing. The upper floors are roughcast, above a painted stucco band over a stuccoed ground floor. The upper floor windows are set within stuccoed surrounds with shouldered detailing; the main section has three hornless 6-pane sashes over three long plate glass sashes, while the left section has uPVC glazing in both the top and first-floor windows. The ground floor of the main section features a renewed 12-pane sash to the right and a renewed 4-12-4-pane sash to the left of a recessed entrance. The entrance consists of a six-panel flush door, flanked by channelled pilasters with moulded caps and bases. The left section has two wooden boarded doors leading to a throughway and a renewed 12-pane sash window to the right. A stuccoed plinth runs along the base of the building, and raised lettering, likely dating from the late 19th or early 20th century, is positioned between the main part and the left section, reading 'Kings Arms Hotel'.
The ground floor interior has been opened out and the walls stripped of plaster. Original slate-flagged floors remain, and the ceilings are supported by pine joists. An archway leads to a rear staircase, which is a dog-leg design with closed strings, stick balusters and turned column newels.
Local climate
The Kings Arms sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% 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.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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