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The Kings Arms Public House

A Grade II Listed Building in Guildhall, York

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.9572 / 53°57'25"N

Longitude: -1.083 / 1°4'58"W

OS Eastings: 460268

OS Northings: 451619

OS Grid: SE602516

Mapcode National: GBR NQWP.B6

Mapcode Global: WHFC3.BSJR

Plus Code: 9C5WXW48+VQ

Entry Name: The Kings Arms Public House

Listing Date: 24 June 1983

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1257523

English Heritage Legacy ID: 463761

Also known as: Kings Arms, York
Kings Arms

ID on this website: 101257523

Location: York, North Yorkshire, YO1

County: York

Electoral Ward/Division: Guildhall

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: York

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): North Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: York All Saints, Pavement

Church of England Diocese: York

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Description



YORK

SE6051NW KING'S STAITH
1112-1/28/522 (North East side)
24/06/83 No.1
The King's Arms Public House

GV II

Public house. Early C17; partly rebuilt and extended 1898;
modernised 1973-4. Rebuilding of 1898 by Thomas Winn for
Samuel Smith's Brewery.
MATERIALS: front range rough-cast and whitewashed, with
moulded cornice to sprocketed eaves and replica timber-framing
on gable walls; slate roof at front, pantile at rear, with
pierced cresting and barge-boarded gables. Wing rough-cast and
white-washed, with slate roof, and moulded timber eaves
cornice with scrolled wrought-iron brackets. Three stacks, two
brick, one rendered.
EXTERIOR: 2-storey 3-bay front, upper storey jettied on
adjacent fronts to King's Staith and King Street. Original
entrance to King's Staith now blocked by 2-light small-pane
casement window. Flanking windows are similar, of 3-lights,
and all have chamfered sills and lintels of painted stone.
First floor windows are 2 x 4-pane lights in architraves with
moulded sills. Lintel of ground floor centre window relief
carved with date 1898 and initials SS. Moulded jetty plate to
front and right return with dragon beam at corner. Entrance is
C20 door in moulded surround in left return. Right return:
2-storey 2-window wing to right of jettied gable wall. Gable
wall has 1-light first floor window with moulded sill, and
2-light attic window. In wing, ground floor window is 3-light
casement with moulded sill and glass embossed with Art Nouveau
motifs and 'OUSEBRIDGE INN' and 'SMOKE ROOM'. First floor
windows are of 2 and 3 lights with plain sills, and upper
floor has shaped panels of applied timber-framing. Windows in
wing have moulded cornice hoods.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
The inn was known as the 'Ousebridge' between 1898 and 1974.
(City of York: RCHME: The Central Area: HMSO: 1981-: 151).

Listing NGR: SE6026851619

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