The Chair and Rocket Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Warwick local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1970. A 19th century Theatre, public house. 9 related planning applications.
The Chair and Rocket Public House
- WRENN ID
- vacant-vault-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Warwick
- Constituency
- Warwick and Leamington MP: Matt Western (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1970
- Type
- Theatre, public house
- Period
- 19th century
- Address
- The Chair and Rocket Public House, 13, Bath Street, Royal Leamington Spa, CV31 3AF
- OS grid reference
- SP 319 653
- Coordinates
- 52.2856, -1.53282
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chair and Rocket Public House is a theatre, later converted into a public house, built in 1813. Subsequent alterations occurred in 1833, transforming it into a public house, with further modifications in the late 19th century. It was likely designed by Henry Hakewill for Mr J Simms. The building is constructed of brick with a painted stucco facade and a concealed roof.
The exterior is two storeys high, with five windows on the first floor. The ground floor projects approximately 2.5 metres. An entrance is set into a recessed, canted corner, with a stepped entrance featuring a part-glazed door and overlight. To the right is a further recessed entrance, now blocked with a step. The facade features a moulded plinth. The ground floor has three pairs of 6/9 casement windows in plain reveals with sills. A moulded cornice, frieze, modillion cornice, and low parapet complete the exterior. The first floor has four pairs of Tuscan pilasters at the ends of the range and flanking the central window. It has six-pane sashes throughout in plain reveals, a frieze, cornice, and a low, stepped parapet. A stack is located at the right end.
The interior of the room to the right includes a gallery approximately 0.75 metres high, featuring a moulded base, square-columned round-arched arcade, and a cherub-head frieze. Stone barrels labelled for beer and spirits are positioned at each opening.
Bath Street was a principal street of the 18th-century village of Leamington.
Local climate
The Chair and Rocket Public House receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 9 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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