No 44 (The Acacias) and Railings to Street the Acacias is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. Villa. 2 related planning applications.

No 44 (The Acacias) and Railings to Street the Acacias

WRENN ID
white-chancel-equinox
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Reading
Constituency
Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 December 1978
Type
Villa
Address
No 44 (The Acacias) and Railings to Street the Acacias, London Road
OS grid reference
SU 722 729
Coordinates
51.451, -0.96118
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No 44, known as The Acacias, is a detached villa located on London Road, dating from before 1840, as shown on the Weller map. This two-storey building, with a basement, is constructed of Bath stone and features a hipped slate roof and a moulded eaves cornice. The first floor has three windows, while the ground floor has two, all of which are glazing bar sashes flanked by full-height pilaster strips. The central door is topped with a segmental patterned fanlight and is accessed via a plain Greek Doric porch set on stone steps.

On the east side, there are two ground floor bow windows, which are believed to be alterations made by architect Waterhouse for William Isaac Palmer, who was associated with Huntley and Palmers. One of these bows includes stairs leading to the basement. At the rear, there is a good conservatory accompanied by an extensive rockery. The villa is connected to Greenbank by a three-storey extension featuring three windows, along with a two-storey pavilion to the right.

Inside, the villa showcases several reeded features, including the surround of the front door and the fireplace in the ground floor back room. The property also boasts excellent contemporary ironwork along the street, including spearhead railings, box panel standards, and double gates.

Local climate

No 44 (The Acacias) and Railings to Street the Acacias 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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