PLANS to revive a former pub in Wokingham town centre are being submitted to the council.

Oakman Inns has set its sights on the former Rose Hotel site in Market Place, and will shortly be submitting plans to revive and refurbish the old inn after Cafe Rouge quit the building earlier this year.

The company hopes to call the pub The Rose Revived, and is already looking into some of the issues associated with the restoration of some of the lost and possibly hidden architectural charms.

Oakman Inns CEO, Peter Borg-Neal, said: “Oakman Inns has had a long-held ambition to have a presence in Wokingham which we see as a progressive and vibrant town. We are very aware that the major infrastructure works of the past two years have had its challenges and we look forward to The Rose Revived playing a big part in the wider Wokingham resurgence. The building itself presents us with an enormously exciting opportunity and behind each layer of modern additions you can still feel the history of this wonderful building.”