103 London Street is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1957. A C19 House with shopfront. 2 related planning applications.

103 London Street

WRENN ID
fossil-buttress-dale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Reading
Constituency
Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 March 1957
Type
House with shopfront
Address
103 London Street, RG1 4QA
OS grid reference
SU 718 729
Coordinates
51.45109, -0.96721
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building, located at 103 London Street, is a house with a shopfront that was constructed in the early 19th century, with later 20th-century extensions added to the rear.

It is made of silver-grey brick headers with red-brick dressings and has a slate roof. The structure consists of three storeys plus a basement, with a rectangular shape that faces west onto London Street. The ground floor features an early 19th-century shopfront, which may be original, showcasing two bow windows flanking a central half-glazed and panelled doorway. Each bow window has twelve panes with glazing bars and is topped by a frieze and moulded cornice that extends above the door, supported by narrow pilaster strips. The bows rest on narrow iron brackets, and there are metal grilles covering the basement area below.

The first and second floors are constructed of grey header-bond brickwork, accented with red-brick quoins and window dressings. There are two bays of timber sash windows on both the first and second floors; the first-floor windows feature six-over-six glazing, while the second-floor windows have three-over-six glazing. Each window is topped with a gauged red brick lintel.

The building has a pitched roof with slopes oriented east-west, while the rear is obscured by the 20th-century single-storey extensions. Inside, there is a staircase with cast-iron baluster standards.

Local climate

103 London 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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  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2006
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • 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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