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Kings Arms Public House Including Barn at Rear

A Grade II Listed Building in Bideford, Devon

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.0175 / 51°1'3"N

Longitude: -4.205 / 4°12'18"W

OS Eastings: 245433

OS Northings: 126555

OS Grid: SS454265

Mapcode National: GBR KJ.J4LL

Mapcode Global: FRA 262F.9MF

Plus Code: 9C3Q2Q9V+2X

Entry Name: Kings Arms Public House Including Barn at Rear

Listing Date: 19 March 1973

Last Amended: 19 April 1993

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1209930

English Heritage Legacy ID: 375925

Also known as: Kings Arms Hotel
Kings Arms Hotel, Bideford

ID on this website: 101209930

Location: Bideford, Torridge, Devon, EX39

County: Devon

District: Torridge

Civil Parish: Bideford

Built-Up Area: Bideford

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: Bideford St Mary

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

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Description



BIDEFORD

SS4526 THE QUAY
842-1/5/223 (West side)
19/03/73 No.7
Kings Arms Public House including
barn at rear
(Formerly Listed as:
THE QUAY
No.7
King's Arms)

GV II

Public House. Probably C18 or earlier, remodelled mid C19.
Solid rendered walls. Slate roof, hipped to left. 2 chimneys
on rear wall, that to left of old red brick.
Single-depth plan, 3 rooms wide with staircase behind middle
room; to rear left a disused warehouse with access from
side-alley; traditionally called 'the barn'.
3 storeys; widely-spaced 3-window range. Ground storey has 3
canted bay windows, that to left reduced in width to allow for
a small doorway. Main entrance between the 2 left-hand bays
has 5-panelled door; cornice on enriched consoles. Bays have
sash-windows, the front sashes with margin-panes. Small door
is 4-panelled, the top 2 panels glazed. At left-hand end a
fourth window with 2-paned sashes. Upper-storey windows have
shaped surrounds; 2-paned sashes in second storey; 2-light
wood casements in the 5 third-storey windows, each light with
2 panes. Raised quoins flanking whole front. Boxed eaves
cornice. Side-alley front has barred sashes and casements like
those facing The Quay.
INTERIOR: ground-floor bar has chamfered ceiling-beam without
stops. Wooden dog-leg staircase rising from first floor;
gallery-balustrade at top with thin square balusters and
column-newels. Barn has kingpost-and-ridge roof.


Listing NGR: SS4543326555

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