Description

TR 1743-1743 ELHAM THE SQAURE
(north side)

9/75 The King's Arms
Inn
29.12.66

GV II

Public house. Late C16 or C17 with late C18 or early C19 facade.
Timber framed. Ground floor of front elevation painted brick, first
floor tile-hung. Right side Of rear wing has red and grey brick in
Flemish bond to ground floor and broadly-spaced studding with red
brick infilling to first floor. Plain tile roof. 2 storeys. Underbuilt
continuous jetty to long right side of rear wing, returning round rear
gable end. Tile-hung parapet to front range. Steeply-pitched roof
to front range, with gablet to right, and with four horizontal stripes
of grey tiles. Wing roof has eaves and ridge similar height to front
range, and rear hip. Rear stack to left. Ridge stack to wing,
towards junction with main range. Irregular fenestration of 3 three-
light casements. Two six-pane sashes to ground floor. Rectangular
painted brick bay towards centre of ground floor, with flat leaded and
corniced roof, small-paned fenestration, and door to left end. Carriage
entrance to right end of front range. Long rear wing to left, of
approximately three timber-framed bays. Interior: only ground floor
of wing inspected. Exposed framing, with broadly-spaced studding to
left wall of front bay. Chamfered cross beams. Chamfered axial beams
to front and central bays, dragon beam to rear bay. Rebated studs
and shutter-groove for window to left wall of front bay. Formerly
known as the Cock Inn.

Listing NGR: TR1772143896

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26551552

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)