Hope and Anchor Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 July 1987. Public house. 2 related planning applications.
Hope and Anchor Public House
- WRENN ID
- lost-gravel-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wokingham
- Constituency
- Wokingham MP: Clive Jones (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 July 1987
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- Hope and Anchor Public House, Station Road, RG40 2AD
- OS grid reference
- SU 808 687
- Coordinates
- 51.41213, -0.83931
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hope and Anchor Public House is a Wealden hall house that dates back to the mid 15th century, with alterations and extensions made in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The building features a mix of part timber framing encased in painted brick and sections that are entirely painted brick. It has an old tiled gabled and hipped roof, with slate covering the rear section. The structure has a rectangular plan that originally consisted of three framed bays but now has two, with a crosswing on the south side and a pent roof extension at the rear.
The building stands one and a half storeys tall, with two storeys and a cellar. There are two chimneys: one located on the left of the crosswing and another on the ridge at the far right. The front of the right-hand section has three bays, featuring 20th-century leaded casements on the upper level, which are accented by small gablets that break the eaves. There are two entrance doors with a three-light casement window between them, and a five-light cant bay with a flat roof on the right side. To the left, there is a gable with a two-light casement on the first floor and a wide entry door below, which has a plain overlight and is approached by two steps.
Inside, one bay on the ground floor retains elements of the timber frame, including a principal beam and wide joists that show carpenter's marks in the correct sequence. The upper level features jowled posts and long, wide, curved braces, with a queen post roof.
Local climate
Hope and Anchor 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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