Old Drummer's Arms is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. A Georgian Pub. 1 related planning application.

Old Drummer's Arms

WRENN ID
guardian-hinge-wax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Berkshire
Constituency
Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
Country
England
Type
Pub
Period
Georgian
Address
Old Drummer's Arms, 18, Northcroft Lane, Newbury
OS grid reference
SU 469 672
Coordinates
51.40204, -1.32575
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Drummer's Arms is a late 18th century double fronted house that forms the end of a terrace. It stands two storeys tall and features three windows. The building has a hipped tile roof with a moulded brick stack. The exterior is constructed of brown brick, with gauged flat red brick arches above the recessed sash windows that include glazing bars. The doorway is slightly recessed and has a round arch. At the rear, there are a pair of hipped bays, also with recessed sash windows featuring glazing bars, and a doorway that has a bracketed hood.

Local climate

Old Drummer's Arms receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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