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King's Head Inn

A Grade II Listed Building in Merriott, Somerset

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.9127 / 50°54'45"N

Longitude: -2.7912 / 2°47'28"W

OS Eastings: 344472

OS Northings: 112875

OS Grid: ST444128

Mapcode National: GBR MG.QW42

Mapcode Global: FRA 561P.GF1

Plus Code: 9C2VW675+3G

Entry Name: King's Head Inn

Listing Date: 18 December 1987

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1366440

English Heritage Legacy ID: 262356

Also known as: The Kings Head

ID on this website: 101366440

Location: Townsend, Somerset, TA16

County: Somerset

District: South Somerset

Civil Parish: Merriott

Built-Up Area: Merriott

Traditional County: Somerset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset

Church of England Parish: Merriott

Church of England Diocese: Bath and Wells

Tagged with: Pub Inn

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Description


ST4412 MERRIOTT CP CHURCH STREET (North side)

9/106 No 14
(King's Head Inn)

GV II

Inn. Earlier C17. Ham stone cut and squared, ashlar dressings; double Roman clay tiled roof with high coped gable to
west, suggesting former thatch, plain to east; brick end chimney stacks. Two storeys, 3 bays. Plinth, band course.
Hollow-chamfer mullioned windows in chamfered recesses without labels; to bay 1 a 1 + 4 + 1 light angled shallow bay
window with flat roof: to bay 2 are 4-light windows to both floors; bay 3 has horizontal-bar casements, 3-light above
and 4-light below. Between bays 2 and 3 a plain doorway. Large hanging sign on wrought iron bracket to left of upper
bay 1. West gable rendered; east gable has a C20 casement window. Leanto extension at rear. Interior only seen at
ground floor level; timber crossbeams and a fireplace survive. This inn was in business by 1745 (VCH Somerset; Vol IV,
1978, p53).


Listing NGR: ST4447212875

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