157 to 161 Southampton Street and 163, The Hop Leaf Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. Pub.
157 to 161 Southampton Street and 163, The Hop Leaf Inn
- WRENN ID
- floating-ledge-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1978
- Type
- Pub
- Address
- 157 to 161 Southampton Street and 163, The Hop Leaf Inn, RG1 2QZ
- OS grid reference
- SU 718 726
- Coordinates
- 51.4479, -0.96754
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 157 to 161 Southampton Street and No. 163, known as The Hop Leaf Inn, date from the late 18th century and have been altered. No. 163 features a stucco front with a brick block cornice and an old tile roof that is hipped to the left. There are three chimneys in total. The first floor of No. 163 has three glazing bar sash windows, while the ground floor has an early 20th-century pub front. Nos. 157 to 161 have altered first floor windows, one for each property, along with plain shopfronts.
Local climate
157 to 161 Southampton Street and 163, The Hop Leaf Inn 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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