Listed Building record TQ 75 NE 447 - THE KING'S ARMS

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 75 NE BOXLEY THE STREET (west side)
5/110 The King's Arms (formerly 26.4.68 listed at the Post Office and The King's Arms Inn)
G.V. II
Public House. Late C16, C17 and C18. In 3 sections. Left section: late C16. Painted brick ground floor timber-framed with painted brick infilling on first floor and plain tile roof. Widely spaced studs with one tension brace at each end. 2 low storeys on plinth. Rear stack slightly off-centre to left in rear slope of roof. One C20 first-floor window towards right, with C20 half-glazed door at left end of it. Post box at right end. Central section: C17. Timber-framed with painted brick nogging and plain tile roof. 2 storeys, much taller than left section, and first floor considerably taller than ground floor. Framing of light scantling with widely-spaced studs. Projecting boxed eaves. Ridge stack at right end. One first- floor 3-light casement off-centre to left, and C20 4-light casement to left on ground floor. C20 boarded door at right end with bracketted flat hood over. Right section: early to mid C18. Slightly higher than central section. Painted brick with plain tile roof. 2 storeys, attics and cellar with plinth, plat band and moulded wood eaves cornice. Projecting stack at right gable end. 2 hipped dormers. Regular fenestration of 2 large early Cl9 tripartite sashes on each floor. Recessed panel between first-floor windows. No sign of blocked door.
Listing NGR: TQ7736158983
(1)

Formerly TQ 75 NE 231

A GR wall box is mounted in the front wall. It is a Type B - large cipher 4" high with NEXT COLLECTION cast below the aperture. It dates from 1936-7. (2)

Historic England archive material: AL2400/073/04 View of Boxley village, looking north from adjacent to the King's Arms BF008662 THE KING'S ARMS, BOXLEY

<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<2> The Letter Box Study Group, 2004, Letter Box Listing (Unpublished document). SKE17125.