The Prince of Wales Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1970. Public house. 3 related planning applications.
The Prince of Wales Public House
- WRENN ID
- plain-turret-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight East MP: Joe Robertson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 January 1970
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Prince of Wales Public House, 174, High Street, Ryde, PO33 2HW
- OS grid reference
- SZ 591 924
- Coordinates
- 50.72877, -1.16353
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Prince of Wales Public House is one of the oldest buildings in Ryde, possibly dating back to the 17th century, around the same time as the "Rose and Crown" in Newport. The building has three storeys and features a timber frame, with weatherboarding at the rear. The first and second floors facing High Street are covered with mathematical tiles, while the ground floor is made of Edwardian red brick. The gable end has an old tile roof with an eaves cornice. The north side wall is constructed of rubble in its upper part.
On the second floor, there are three slightly recessed sash windows with intact glazing bars. The first floor has two early 19th-century bay windows flanking a central window, each with three lights and intact glazing bars, along with pilasters, a frieze, and a cornice. The left bay window has a panelled apron. The ground floor features a central segment-headed doorway, with an Edwardian shop front to the right that includes panelled pilasters, a fascia board, and a cornice. To the left is a small bar front of the same period, featuring a central door flanked by frosted plate glass windows with segmental heads. The pub has traditional associations with smugglers and includes a secret staircase.
Local climate
The Prince of Wales Public House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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 — 1 transaction since 2023
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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