Description

SK 80 SE WING TOP STREET (South side)

4/156 Kings Arms Public House

10.11.55

GV II

Inn, comprising a row of three buildings which may always have been functionally related, gable end to street. The oldest (middle) part is dated 1694. Coursed rubble with stone tiled roof. The northern most section is 1½ storeys, with a gambrel roof and a 3-light casement with chamfered timber lintel in the gable wall. Thin exposed timbers in the gable itself. The next section is higher, dated with the initials R over SA and a stone beneath the gable stack. The front of this part contains a canted bay to the right, of ashlar, but with timber mullions, and to the left a new window in old opening with chamfered timber lintel, and an ovolo moulded mullioned light to cellar below. Casement windows to first floor. Coped gable. Southern most section is tallest and contains a full height ashlar bay window with wood casements, and doorway to right. Brick gable stack. Small single storey barn adjoins it to the left.

Listing NGR: SK8920402944

External Links

• Wikidata Q26510663

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)