It has a fine black-and-white painted stone façade and became an important posting inn in the late 17th century, with a yard through an archway where visitors' horses could be stabled and where regular coach services called.

The range of buildings along Agincourt Street now includes the former Monmouth Bank and the County Club, while the inn itself is now part of the J D Wetherspoon pub chain.

The King's Head runs through to St John's Street, where it had its stabling, and since this spans the outer bailey ditch of the castle it drops a storey from front to back.

It caught fire in 1870, but survived in essentially its present form.By the start of the 20th century the hotel still offered posting and livery stables, but also facilities for cycling and motor cars.

The large dining area, with its high ceilings, still has some of the grandeur associated with its past, and the hotel still offers rooms on a bed and breakfast basis.

[5] Like dozens of other objects in the pub the cricket team's display is accompanied by a QRpedia code which allows visitors to obtain information on the club in their own language.