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So many towns in England seem to have had their own "Great Fire", and in the case of Church Stretton this happened in 1593. The building that is now the Kings Arms was built immediately after the fire, originally as a private house. The timber-framed building was built by Bonham Norton who in 1611 became the High Sheriff of Shropshire. It was one of many new buildings Norton built in the town following the fire.