Former Kennet Arms is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. Pub. 3 related planning applications.
Former Kennet Arms
- WRENN ID
- hushed-glass-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1978
- Type
- Pub
- Address
- Former Kennet Arms, 2, Pell Street, RG1 2NZ
- OS grid reference
- SU 714 726
- Coordinates
- 51.4483, -0.97278
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former Kennet Arms is a late 18th century or early 19th century building, possibly constructed in connection with the Kennet and Avon canal. It stands three storeys high and features a symmetrical facade with two bays on each side. The exterior is made of red and grey chequered brick, accented with stucco quoins. The Pell Street elevation has twin gables and is currently painted, while the Elgar Road elevation is finished in stucco. The building has multi-pane sash windows on the first and second floors. The roof is tiled in an M shape, with a brick block cornice and a central stack. The ground floor displays a pub front that includes a pulvinated fascia, panelled doors, window joinery, and plaster scrolls at the corners, all dating from around 1900. There is also a two-storey rear extension facing Elgar Road, which is of a similar age.
Local climate
Former Kennet Arms receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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.
- No sale records on file
- 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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