29 Nevill Street
About the Building | Recent History | Previous Occupiers | Other Information
| Address: | 29 Nevill Street |
| Present Occupier: | King’s Arms Public House |
| Present Owner: | |
| Ground Floor: | Restaurant & rooms |
| Other Floors: | Accommodation |
| Date when first used by present occupier: |
About the Building
Built 1680 – 1700 (Louis Hurley) A typical 16-17th century coaching house.
Small windows on each side of the fireplace beside the present front door are a typical early house design, seen in Pembrokeshire, Devon and the border lands of South East Wales & England.
The ground floor of an originally jettied and timber front has at some time been built out to the first floor wall. The early heavy sash mouldings of the windows were replaced with lighter versions. The dormer window is recent. The chimney stacks are Edwardian fashionable yellow & red brick. The butt jointed tiles have been replaced with socketed ones. Note the sprocheted eaves to tighten the tiling. The coat of arms was thought to be that of Charles ll but is now thought to be a later Georgian coat of arms.
The wooden beams over the bar in the back room have the inscription “Good quartering for ever 1817 King and 15 Huzzars …….Hall Troop 24.
The gardens of nos 19 – 27 were at one time part of the gardens of the King’s Arms (C Price)
The endways on position to the street suggests that there was little pressure on building land in the outer part of the town by the West Gate.
Recent History
[since date unknown] known as King’s Arms Hotel
Previous Occupiers
| Year | Name | Detail | Source |
| 1947-70 |
Malthouse & stables
|
King’s Arms Public House
|
Kelly |
| 1937 |
Prop: David William Fenner
|
King’s Arms Public House | Kelly |
| 1934 | King’s Arms Public House | Kelly | |
| 1930 | King’s Arms Public House | Car/Npt & Dis | |
| 1926 | King’s Arms Public House | Kelly | |
| 1923 |
Prop: Claude S Atkin
|
King’s Arms Public House | Kelly |
| 1920 | King’s Arms Public House | Kelly | |
| 1914 | King’s Arms Public House | Kelly | |
| 1910 |
Prop: Thomas Delafield
|
King’s Arms Public House | Kelly |
| 1906 | Prop: Thomas Delafield | King’s Arms Public House | Kelly |
| 1901 | Prop: Thomas Delafield | King’s Arms Public House | Kelly |
| 1895 | Prop: Thomas Delafield | King’s Arms Public House | Kelly |
| 1891 | Prop: Thomas Delafield | King’s Arms Public House | Kelly |
| 1884 | Prop: Thomas Delafield | King’s Arms Public House | Kelly |
| 1879 | Prop: Thomas Delafield | King’s Arms Public House | Thacker |
| 1877 | Prop: Thomas Delafield | King’s Arms Public House | Owen |
| 1858 |
Prop: Mary Ann Brock
|
King’s Arms Public House (coach to Merthyr Tydfil Tues, & to Tredegar, Tues & Fri.) | Slater |
| 1851 | John Baswin, victualler, his wife,4 children | King’s Arms Public House 5 lodgers, 3 servants and 2 coachmen |
Census |
| 1842 |
Prop: Timothy Wallington
|
King’s Arms Public House | Slater |
| 1834 |
Prop: John Whitmore Blashfield
|
King’s Arms Public House & maltster | Car/Npt & Dis |
| 1822 |
Prop: John Whitmore Blashfield
|
King’s Arms Public House & maltster | Pigot |
| 1816 |
Prop: Whitmore Blashfield
|
”a certain house called King’s Arms” | Deeds |
Other Information
The earliest record of a “King’s Head” in Nevill Street refers to no 7, which was leased between 1712-1757. The first landlord recorded for the present King’s Arms was Edward Blashfield in 1811, who had previously kept the Cow Inn (no 14 Nevill Street).
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