157 to 161 Southampton Street and 163, The Hop Leaf Inn

157-161, Southampton Street, Reading, RG1 2QZ

Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places

Overview

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1157021
Date first listed:: 14-Dec-1978
List Entry Name:: 157 to 161 Southampton Street and 163, The Hop Leaf Inn
Statutory Address:: 157-161, Southampton Street, Reading, RG1 2QZ

The Missing Pieces Project

Share your view of unique places. Almost 350,000 photos and stories have been added so far.

Add your contribution

Location

Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.

There is a problem

Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions.

This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.

What is the National Heritage List for England?

The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.

The list includes:

🏠 Buildings
🏰 Scheduled monuments
🌳 Parks and gardens
⚔️ Battlefields
⚓ Shipwrecks

Find out more about listing

Images of England Project

To view this image please use Firefox, Chrome, Safari, or Edge.

Archive image, may not represent current condition of site.

Date:: 2003-03-02
Reference:: IOE01/09884/13
Rights:: © Mrs Lucy Cant. Source: Historic England Archive

Local Heritage Hub

Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.

Discover more

Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1157021
Date first listed:: 14-Dec-1978
List Entry Name:: 157 to 161 Southampton Street and 163, The Hop Leaf Inn
Statutory Address 1:: 157-161, Southampton Street, Reading, RG1 2QZ
Statutory Address 2:: The Hop Leaf Inn, 163, Southampton Street, RG1 2QZ

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: 157-161, Southampton Street, Reading, RG1 2QZ
Statutory Address:: The Hop Leaf Inn, 163, Southampton Street, RG1 2QZ

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Reading (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: SU 71844 72606

Details

SU 7172 NE 4/573

SOUTHAMPTON STREET (east side) Nos.157 to 161 (odd) and No.163 (The Hop Leaf Inn)

II Late C18 altered. No.163 is stucco fronted brick with brick block cornice. Old tile roof, hipped to left. Three chimneys in all. No.163 has three glazing bar sashes on first floor and an early C20 pub front on ground floor. Nos.157 to 161 (odd) have altered first floor windows, one each, and plain shopfronts.

Listing NGR: SU7184472606

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:: 39172
Legacy System:: LBS

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.