History

Late C18 or early C19 three-storey inn, probably of a single build with three-bay main part and one-bay former service range to left. Recorded in 1884 directory and marked on 1888 O.S.

Exterior

Inn, painted roughcast and stucco with slate roof and rendered right end stack and ridge stack. Three storeys, three-bay main part and one-bay section to left with similar detail. Roughcast upper floors, painted stucco broad band over stuccoed ground floor. Windows in stuccoed shouldered surrounds on upper floors: main part has three hornless 6-pane sashes over three long plate glass sashes, section to left has uPVC glazing to top and first floor window. Ground floor of main part has renewed 12-pane sash to right and renewed 4-12-4-pane sash to left of central door recessed between channelled pilasters with moulded caps and bases. Flush panelled 6-panel door. Section to left has two wooden boarded doors to throughway to left and a renewed 12-pane sash to right. Stuccoed plinth. Raised late C19 or early C20 lettering between main part and left section, 'Kings Arms Hotel'.

Interior

Interior of ground floor opened out and walls stripped of plaster. Slate flagged floors, pine joists to ceilings. Arch to rear staircase, dog-leg with closed strings, stick balusters and turned column newels.

Reasons for Listing

Included for its special architectural interest as a substantial inn in late Georgian style.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29490367

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)