The Star is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. A Medieval Public house. 4 related planning applications.

The Star

WRENN ID
calm-remnant-ivory
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Berkshire
Constituency
Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 October 1951
Type
Public house
Period
Medieval
Address
The Star, High Street, East Ilsley, RG20 7HZ
OS grid reference
SU 492 809
Coordinates
51.52555, -1.29195
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Star is a house that has been converted into a public house. It dates back to the 15th century, with alterations and additions made in the 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. The building features tile hanging over a brick and timber frame, with a flint plinth and tiled roofs. It is designed in an L shape with a half hip to the gable on the west side. The structure is one and a half storeys high and has three gabled dormers on the west side, which have rendered gables adorned with star and fleur de lis patterns. There are end stacks on the north, south, and east sides, as well as ridge stacks at the centre of each ridge.

On the west elevation, there is a five-light square flat-roofed bay on the left gable, featuring a glazing bar sash window in the centre and a four-light mullioned and transomed casement window to the right. The dormers contain three-light casement windows. To the right of the bay, there is a flat timber porch over a 20th-century door, and a flat square timber porch over a closed 20th-century door situated between the sash and casement windows.

Inside, there are remains of an arch-braced truss with moulded braces in the centre of the west range, as well as a large curved brace in the partition wall between the west and north ranges. The north range has timber framing, with parts from the 16th and 17th centuries exposed on the upper floors.

Local climate

The Star sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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