The Old Craven Arms is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1984. Public house. 1 related planning application.
The Old Craven Arms
- WRENN ID
- errant-slate-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1984
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Old Craven Arms, Craven Road, Inkpen, RG17 9DY
- OS grid reference
- SU 356 648
- Coordinates
- 51.38124, -1.48955
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Craven Arms is a public house that has been converted into a private house. It dates from the mid-19th century and features a grey brick front with a header band, red rubbed arches, grey headers, and red stretchers at the sides. The building has a hipped slate roof with wide overhanging eaves and a square plan. It stands two storeys tall and has a rendered band at the first floor, which includes faded painted lettering. There are flanking chimneys with offset tops, three glazing bar sash windows, and a central half-glazed door that is situated under a slightly curved hood supported by cut brackets.
Local climate
The Old Craven Arms receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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