Prince of Wales Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 December 1976. Public house. 1 related planning application.
Prince of Wales Public House
- WRENN ID
- keen-pilaster-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 December 1976
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- Prince of Wales Public House, Gloucester Road, Corse, GL19 3RF
- OS grid reference
- SO 791 290
- Coordinates
- 51.95922, -2.30507
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Prince of Wales Public House is a former school and school-master's house, built in 1848 for the National Co-operative Land Company by F. O'Connor. It features English bond brickwork on a chamfered stone plinth, with rusticated stone quoins at the front and hexagonal slates on the roof. The building has a symmetrical facade, with a two-window wide, two-and-a-half-storey cross wing in the center, flanked by three-window single-storey wings on each side.
In the center, there are two former doors that have been converted into windows, with plain render below. The windows feature marginal lights and fanlights, and are topped with rusticated stone voussoirs beneath a moulded frieze supported by consoles, with a pedimented block above. The right wing is set back slightly and includes double half-glazed doors with flush panels below and plain rectangular fanlights. The flat arch above the doors has rusticated voussoirs and a taller keystone. There are two windows to the right, which are 2-light mullion and transom windows with small panes, and the lintel matches that of the door, with stone sills on consoles at the ends. The eaves have a wavy fascia.
The left wing mirrors the right but features double doors with three fielded panels each and a 2-pane rectangular fanlight above. On the first floor, there are two 16-pane sash windows, with lintels and sills similar to those on the ground floor. A plain stone string course runs along the base of the gable, topped with a 16-pane sash window that has a half hexagonal head. The bargeboard is plain and rests on shaped corbels at the foot, while the returns have scalloped eaves fascia.
Chimneys are located at the base of each side over the ridge of the wings, with moulded tops and two diamond-set stacks above, featuring stone quoins and moulded stone caps. A 20th-century lean-to extension is present on the left end. Originally, this building served as a school for a Chartist settlement, situated on a two-acre plot. It forms a group with the Chartist cottages nearby.
Local climate
Prince of Wales Public House receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2021
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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