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Summary

Former location of a public house and hotel from the mid 19th to the later 20th century

Monument Type(s):

• PUBLIC HOUSE (Mid to Late 19th century to Late 19th century - 1863 AD? to 1880 AD)
• RAILWAY HOTEL (Early 20th century to Mid 20th century - 1901 AD? to 1950 AD?)

Full Description

The Railway Arms on Station Road in Theale is marked on the First Edition OS map of 1879 <1> and on later historic mapping up to the Fifth edition of 1965. From the early to mid 20th century it is also named as Railway Hotel <3> <4>. Historical pub research indicates that the Railway Arms was in operation in 1863 (from Dutton's directory) <2>. It lay 150m to the north of Theale Station, and also had a small gas works to its north.

The public house was demolished following an application in 1998 <5>, and its site developed for two two-storey office blocks, part of a grouping named Theale House, visible in a 1999 aerial photograph <6>.

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