The Metropolitan Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1969. Public house. 7 related planning applications.
The Metropolitan Public House
- WRENN ID
- fading-timber-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wokingham
- Constituency
- Wokingham MP: Clive Jones (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 October 1969
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Metropolitan Public House, 56 and 58, Rose Street, RG40 1XU
- OS grid reference
- SU 813 687
- Coordinates
- 51.41198, -0.83148
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Metropolitan Public House is a hall house that has been converted into a public house. It dates from the mid-15th century and has been altered in the 18th and 20th centuries. The building features a timber frame that is encased in painted render and pebbledash, topped with an old tiled roof that is gabled and hipped on the left side. It has an L-plan shape consisting of two or three framed bays, with significant alterations made to the ground floor. The structure is two storeys high and includes a cellar, with a chimney located at the rear.
The front facing the road has three irregular sash windows with glazing bars, measuring four panes wide on the first floor and six panes wide on the ground floor. To the left of the centre, there is a six-panel door set within a doorcase that features panelled pilasters, small brackets, and a flat hood. Inside, most of the timber frame is exposed on the first floor, showcasing jowled posts and large tension braces.
Local climate
The Metropolitan Public House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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