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Picture source: Hania Franek

The Kings Arms was situated on the Market Place. This was a grade-II listed pub. Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins stayed at the 18th century former coaching inn in 1857.

Listed building details:

Public House and shop. Late C18 or early C19. Painted render with V-jointed quoins on chamfered plinth. No 5 has painted stucco walls with eaves cornice and angle pilasters. Common graduated greenslate roof with coped gables. 3 storeys, 4 bays; No. 5, 2 bays. Kings Arms has 8-panel round-headed door in painted stone surround. Sash windows in round-headed painted stone surrounds. No. 5 has C20 shop windows. Sash windows above in painted stone surrounds. No. 5 included for G.V. with Kings Arms.

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Picture source: Roger Fitton

Picture source: Hania Franek