Roseate Reading Hotel

The Roseate Reading
Abbey Gateway, the hotel and The Blade
Roseate Reading Hotel is located in Reading Central
Roseate Reading Hotel
Location within Reading Central
Hotel chainBird Group[1]
General information
LocationReading, Berkshire, UK
Address26 The Forbury
Reading
Berkshire
RG1 3EJ
Coordinates51°27′22″N 0°58′02″W / 51.4562°N 0.9673°W / 51.4562; -0.9673
Opening2006
Cost£10.2m[2]
Technical details
Floor count4
Design and construction
Architect(s)Septimus Warwick
H Austen Hall
Other information
Number of rooms55
Number of restaurants1
Website
roseatehotels.com/reading/theroseate/
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameShire Hall, Reading
Designated26 July 1973
Reference no.1113475

The Roseate Reading Hotel (formerly the Forbury Hotel) is a boutique hotel in Reading, Berkshire, England. It is situated in the Forbury, formerly a part of Reading Abbey, and on the southern side of the modern Forbury Gardens. The building that forms the front section of the hotel was the Shire Hall for the County of Berkshire, built in 1911 and used as such until 1981, and is a grade II listed building.[3]

  1. ^ "Taplow: Cliveden owners in administration". The Business Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Latest victims of the credit crunch". Reading Post. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  3. ^ Historic England. "Shire Hall, Reading (1113475)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 August 2019.