The King's Arms Hotel
THE KING'S ARMS HOTEL, MAIN STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1157329
- Date first listed:
- 16-Jan-1952
- List Entry Name:
- The King's Arms Hotel
- Statutory Address:
- THE KING'S ARMS HOTEL, MAIN STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1157329
- Date first listed:
- 16-Jan-1952
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 09-Jul-1986
- List Entry Name:
- The King's Arms Hotel
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE KING'S ARMS HOTEL, MAIN STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE KING'S ARMS HOTEL, MAIN STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Askrigg
- National Park:
- Yorkshire Dales
- National Grid Reference:
- SD9486091059
Details
SD 99 SW
19/14
16.1.52
ASKRIGG
MAIN STREET
(north side)
The King's Arms Hotel
(formerly listed as King's Arms)
GV
II
Part of The Manor House (qv), now hotel. c1767. For John Pratt. Rubble,
stone slate roof. 3 storeys, 3 bays, with rear wing. In bay 1, 5-panel
door in round-arched architrave on plinths with imposts and tripartite
keystone. To right of door, mounting block of 4 steps attached to wall.
Windows in architraves. Sash windows with glazing bars on ground and first
floors, 9-pane unequally-hung sashes on second floor. Large stack at end
right. Interior: panelling of various dates in ground-floor lounge, and C18
fireplace in rear bar. Cantilevered limestone staircase. C18 panelling and
cornice in first-floor dining room. C18 turned-baluster staircase from
first to second floors. Hartley M and Ingilby J, Yorkshire Village (1979).
Listing NGR: SD9486091059
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 323036
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Hartley, M, Ingilby, J, Yorkshire Village, (1979)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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