King's Arms Public House
KING'S ARMS PUBLIC HOUSE, WORCESTER ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1173682
- Date first listed:
- 29-Dec-1952
- List Entry Name:
- King's Arms Public House
- Statutory Address:
- KING'S ARMS PUBLIC HOUSE, WORCESTER ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1173682
- Date first listed:
- 29-Dec-1952
- List Entry Name:
- King's Arms Public House
- Statutory Address 1:
- KING'S ARMS PUBLIC HOUSE, WORCESTER ROAD
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:
- KING'S ARMS PUBLIC HOUSE, WORCESTER ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Worcestershire
- District:
- Wychavon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Ombersley
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 84537 63494
Details
SO 8463 OMBERSLEY CP WORCESTER ROAD (east side)
9/214 King's Arms Public House
29.12.52 GV II
House, now public house. C15, altered and extended Cl7, mid-C19 and mid-C20. Timber-framed, rendered infill, brick replacement walling, dressed sandstone base, plain tiled roofs, four diagonal brick stacks to main ridge with over- sailing cap courses. Main range of four framed bays with lobby-entry in left end bay and with a cross-wing of two framed bays at north end and single framed bay addition to rear right. Two storeys, cellar and attic with dormers. Framing: main part has some close-set vertical studding to front ground floor, otherwise mainly one panel to ground floor and three to first floor; straight braces across lower corners of first floor; cross-wing is jettied at front on brackets with moulded bressummer and has close-set vertical studding at first floor level to front and on left side elevation; two large gabled dormers in main roof have collar-and-tie-beam trusses with queen struts and V-struts in apex; truss at right gable end has two collars and tie-beam, partly rebuilt in brick and painted to simulate framing; cross-wing has single collar-and-tie-beam truss with close-set vertical studding. Front elevation: plank weathering between main storeys; main part has a ground floor 3-light casement and a 16-pane sash; first floor has a 3-light casement flanked by oriel windows on single decoratively carved brackets (both of three lights); the outer lights of the right side window are blocked; in the narrow left bay are C20 paired plank and battened doors with cambered doorheads; the cross- wing gable end has a ground floor 3-light casement and a first floor oriel window on a decoratively carved bracket. Interior: lobby-entry with large inglenook back-to-back fireplaces in left bay; front ground floor room of cross-wing has plaster ceiling decorated with Garter, a floral design, a mermaid and a Tudor rose; main beams are stop-chamfered. The house is traditionally believed to have received Charles II after the Battle of Worcester.
Listing NGR: SO8453763494
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 148110
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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