Building record MLI96179 - Kings Arms, 11 Westgate, Grantham

Summary

Public house, formerly a hotel, constructed during the late 18th or early 19th century. Formerly known as the Blue Ram Inn, and now known as the Kings Arms.

Type and Period (2)

  • (Post Medieval - 1766 AD? to 1900 AD?)
  • (Post Medieval to Modern - 1900 AD? to 2050 AD)

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Full Description

Public house, formerly a hotel, constructed during the late 18th or early 19th century, probably on the site of an earlier building. The establishment's original name is not known, but it is likely to have changed to the Blue Ram during the early 19th century, at a time when local landowners, the Manners family, acquired a number of pubs, inns and hotels within Grantham and added the epithet ‘Blue’ to their names in reference to their allegiance to the Whig party. The building is of two storeys across five bays, built of red and red-brown brick in Flemish bond, and features an M-shaped roof of concrete tiles. The building appears to have been constructed in two phases, albeit in a relatively short timeframe, with the northern and southern sections set at slightly different angles to the street and differing subtly in design and materiality. Between 1965 and 1975, the building was extended to the rear along its northern boundary, and a carriage entrance was incorporated into the main building, with a window inserted in the archway. The pub was extensively refurbished during the 1990s or early 2000s with the carriage entrance reinstated and a further extension added across most of the rear of the building. It was at this time that the pub’s name was changed to the Kings Arms. For the full description and the legal address of this listed building please refer to the appropriate entry in the National Heritage List for England. {1}{2}{3}

Sources/Archives (3)

  •  Index: Department of the Environment. 1972. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 8/133.
  •  Report: South Kesteven District Council. 2009. Grantham Conservation Area Appraisal. Commercial Centre character area.
  •  Website: Historic England (formerly English Heritage). 2011->. The National Heritage List for England. http://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/. 1062443.

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Grid reference Centred SK 91309 35793 (26m by 19m) Surveyed
Civil Parish GRANTHAM, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Oct 5 2023 12:06PM

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