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The Royal Arms Public House

A Grade II* Listed Building in Chichester, West Sussex

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.8364 / 50°50'10"N

Longitude: -0.7788 / 0°46'43"W

OS Eastings: 486090

OS Northings: 104802

OS Grid: SU860048

Mapcode National: GBR DGS.FY2

Mapcode Global: FRA 968W.DG1

Plus Code: 9C2XR6PC+GF

Entry Name: The Royal Arms Public House

Listing Date: 5 July 1950

Last Amended: 8 October 1971

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1192187

English Heritage Legacy ID: 299899

ID on this website: 101192187

Location: Chichester, West Sussex, PO19

County: West Sussex

District: Chichester

Civil Parish: Chichester

Built-Up Area: Chichester

Traditional County: Sussex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Sussex

Church of England Parish: Chichester St Paul

Church of England Diocese: Chichester

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Description


EAST STREET
1.
972
(South Side)
No 92
(The Royal Arms Public House
also known as Ye Olde Punch House)
[Formerly listed as No 92
(Ye Olde Punch House))
SU 8604 NW 4/124 5.7.50.
II*
2.
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. 2 flat roofed dormers with glazing bars.
3 storeys and attic. Stuccoed. Moulded cornice with modillions below
eaves. Stuccoed front: 1st and 2nd floors overhang supported by Doric
columns with moulded frieze below the overhang. 1 window and 3 light
canted bay window on 1st and 2nd floors; bay window has sash windows
with flush boxes and flat arches and glazing bars intact. 1 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 5
canted sides; glazing bars intact. On the eastern side and in recession,
2 doors with 6 panels, some moulded panels, each door with a rectangular
fanlight over. In the west, 3 steps leading up between the columns pre-
viously 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 1st floor a fine late C16 plaster ceiling
said to have been erected by Italian craftsmen. Carved wooden bracket in
kitchen on south side of 1st floor.


Listing NGR: SU8609104793

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