44 and 46, Russell Street is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. House. 1 related planning application.
44 and 46, Russell Street
- WRENN ID
- drifting-sandstone-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1978
- Type
- House
- Address
- 44 and 46, Russell Street, RG1 7XH
- OS grid reference
- SU 707 731
- Coordinates
- 51.45262, -0.98326
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
44 and 46 Russell Street are a pair of early to mid-19th century houses that stand three storeys tall with a basement. They are constructed of brick and feature a stucco string course at the first-floor level. The houses have flat eaves and a slate roof. A grey brick panel divides the two houses, and there are two courses of grey brick above the basement. Each house has glazing bar sash windows, with No 44 having two windows and a door, while No 46 has three windows and a door. The doors are adorned with segmental arched fanlights that are radiating and wreathed, and they are set in a recess with engaged fluted Greek Doric columns and a key pattern head.
Local climate
44 and 46, Russell Street sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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