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Picture source: Hania Franek

The Kings Head was situated on Carfax. A pub was on the site in 1401. The building is grade-II listed and following its closure in 2004 has been used as a restaurant.

Listed building details:

Date written on the front is 1401, but the facade is C18. Mostly stuccoed with some painted brick. 2 storeys. 4 windows. Horsham slab roof. Eaves cornice. 2 bay windows on both floors. Sash windows, glazing bars intact on 1st floor. Early C20 windows with Ipswich frames on ground floor. Wide rusticated doorway. High arched carriageway at north end and modern extension beyond it. The King's Head Hotel continues along East Street. This part is late C18 or early C19. 3 storeys. 5 windows. Red brick. Hipped Horsham slab roof, half-hipped to west. Eaves cornice. 1 bay window of 3 lights through upper 2 floors to west, another bay of 3 lights through all 3 floors in centre. Sash windows, glazing bars missing. Mid Cl9 ground floor front on corner with Carfax. No 1 East Street continues as C19 wing to east. 3 storeys. 4 windows. Red brick with some grey headers and stuccoed dressings. Cornice and parapet with moulded capping. Projecting bay on left with pediment and rusticated quoins. Cornice between 1st and 2nd floors continuing to right where it is broken by 3 round-headed windows rising through 1st and 2nd floors. All upper windows are sashes, glazing bars missing. Rusticated ground floor with cornice over.

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Picture source: Hania Franek

Picture source: Hania Franek

Picture source: Stephen Harris