The King's Arms is a Grade II listed building in the Carmarthenshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 18 June 2004. House. 2 related planning applications.
The King's Arms
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Constituency
- Caerfyrddin MP: Ann Davies (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 18 June 2004
- Type
- House
- Address
- The King's Arms, 58 High Street, Llandovery, SA20 0DD
- OS grid reference
- SN 770 343
- Coordinates
- 51.99421, -3.79218
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The King's Arms is a detached, symmetrical house dating from the 18th century. It has two storeys and three bays. The roof is slate, with roughcast chimney stacks to the left and right. The eaves are bracketed, though many of the small brackets are missing. The exterior is roughcast with painted stucco dressings. The words "KING'S ARMS" are carved in relief on either side of the central window. The house has a stucco plinth and angle strips, while the window surrounds feature shoulders and vermiculated keystones. The windows are 4-pane horned sashes. Steps lead up to a central panelled door with a plain rectangular overlight within a panelled surround. A timber doorcase has pilasters and a cornice beneath a flat hood, supported by wrought iron scrolls. The left-hand return has a 20th-century attic window to the top left, and the right-hand return has a small 20th-century attic casement window to the top left. 20th-century extensions are present to the rear. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The King's Arms sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,390 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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 — 4 transactions since 2001
- 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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