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Picture source: Hania Franek
The Kings Head was situated on the High Street. It closed c2001 and has now been converted to flats. A grade-II listed building.
It Was originally used as a hotel, the site has been there since 1500's, though the building currently their is more recent, most famous guest was Henry 8th, hence the name. It did not entirely become flats at all, part of the grounds at the back and the old gate house have been converted into apartments but the hotel itself is still there, some of the downstairs rooms are used as a dentistry and beauticians studio.
Nic Carter (August 2014)
Word was this was originally Henry Viii's hunting lodge - it is probable that he stayed there and it dates back to the 1500s. I and pals used to drink there regularly in the 1960s when it was a free house owned by a Mr Paine. He was very fond of a brandy and the staff kept a bottle aside for him - he was strictly rationed. The garden was enclosed with no access to the street except through the pub, so it was perfect to take our kids. My wife Blanche, now sadly no longer with us, worked there. There was a Men's Bar which as the name suggests was men only. Ironically her lunchtime shift was running that bar. One day the Women's Libbers turned up to protest and she was quickly shepherded out and the interlopers ejected. They later opposed the licence renewal in court but lost their case. Subsequently, the pub was sold to Trumans and the excellent Draught Bass was replaced by inferior beers. Packed Saturday nights became a thing of the past. Later it passed back into private ownership and real ales were sold in a basement bar, but there was an altercation outside the pub and the licence was not renewed. It is now just another block of flats - very sad!
David Foot (March 2022)
Listed building details:
C18. Three-storeys. Later stucco rendering. Three camber-headed sash windows with moulded surrounds. Central columned porch with later glazed sides and front. Three-light camber-headed sash windows to right and left; coloured glazing. Parapet. Slate roof; end stacks.
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Picture source: Hania Franek
Picture source: Nigel Cox
Date of photo: 1973	Picture source: Penny Marsden