Old Grove House is a Grade II* listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1957. A Early Modern House. 4 related planning applications.
Old Grove House
- WRENN ID
- old-arch-weasel
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 March 1957
- Type
- House
- Period
- Early Modern
- Address
- Old Grove House, Surley Row, RG4 8RA
- OS grid reference
- SU 713 766
- Coordinates
- 51.48456, -0.97429
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Grove House is a Grade II* listed building, likely dating from the early to mid 17th century. It has two storeys and an attic, with a symmetrical south-west front featuring three gables. The exterior has been restored and showcases brick horizontal and vertical banding alongside staggered flint panels. The building includes brick quoins and a dentil string at the first-floor level, as well as a small cut brick dentil eaves cornice that extends up the gable verges. The roof is covered with old tiles, and there is a square chimney stack located to the right of the centre, which has projecting brick panels on either side and an elaborately corbelled head.
The house features three ranges of 19th-century altered four-light casement windows with transoms set in segmental relieving arches, along with one range of two-light windows that have labels. A six-panel door is positioned to the left of centre, accessed via a modern porch. To the left, there is a single-storey extension with a hipped gable. The north-east front is irregular, displaying three hipped gables and some timber framing with brick infilling.
Inside, the layout has been rearranged, but timber studs and rails remain exposed. A large fireplace features a depressed brick Tudor arch and a lintel above that retains one mask bracket. Some oak panelling is still present, and there is a large inglenook in the kitchen, complete with a carved lintel above.
Local climate
Old Grove House 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
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2022
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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