Former Royal Arms Public House
92 East Street, Chichester, PO19 1HA
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1192187
- Date first listed:
- 05-Jul-1950
- List Entry Name:
- Former Royal Arms Public House
- Statutory Address:
- 92 East Street, Chichester, PO19 1HA
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1192187
- Date first listed:
- 05-Jul-1950
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 08-Oct-1971
- List Entry Name:
- Former Royal Arms Public House
- Statutory Address 1:
- 92 East Street, Chichester, PO19 1HA
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:
- 92 East Street, Chichester, PO19 1HA
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- West Sussex
- District:
- Chichester (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Chichester
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 86090 04802
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 8 May 2024 to update the name and address and to reformat the text to current standards
SU 8604 NW
4/124
EAST STREET (south side)
No 92, Former Royal Arms Public House
(Formerly listed as No 92 (The Royal Arms Public House also known as Ye Olde Punch House), previously listed as No 92 (Ye Olde Punch House))
5.7.50.
II*
C18 front to an Elizabethan building of timber framed construction (said to date from 1591 but possible with an earlier core). Steeply pitched tiled roof with hip at western end. Two flat roofed dormers with glazing bars. Three storeys and attic. Stuccoed. Moulded cornice with modillions below eaves.
Stuccoed front: first and second floors overhang supported by Doric columns with moulded frieze below the overhang. One window and three-light canted bay window on first and second floors; bay window has sash windows with flush boxes and flat arches and glazing bars intact. One sash window to the east on both floors; windows in reveals with flat arches and glazing bars intact. The ground floor comprises a shop front of circa 1800 flanked on either side by doorways. Shop front comprises an oriel window with five canted sides; glazing bars intact. On the eastern side and in recession, two doors with six panels, some moulded panels, each door with a rectangular fanlight over. In the west, three steps leading up between the columns previously mentioned to a modern glazed door with rectangular fanlight with tracery over; a door of similar design immediately adjoining to the west.
Inside, in the front room on the first floor a fine late C16 plaster ceiling said to have been erected by Italian craftsmen. Carved wooden bracket in kitchen on south side of first floor.
Listing NGR: SU8609104793
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 299899
- 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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