Quadrant Walls and Railings to Former No 64 (Greyfriars Vicarage) is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1957. Garden wall and railings. 1 related planning application.
Quadrant Walls and Railings to Former No 64 (Greyfriars Vicarage)
- WRENN ID
- tangled-brass-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 March 1957
- Type
- Garden wall and railings
- Address
- Quadrant Walls and Railings to Former No 64 (Greyfriars Vicarage), Friar Street, RG1 1EH
- OS grid reference
- SU 712 735
- Coordinates
- 51.45665, -0.97601
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The quadrant walls and railings to the former No. 64, known as Greyfriars Vicarage, date from around 1796 or 1808 and are likely designed by the architect John Soane, who also designed the now-demolished vicarage. The walls are flanking garden walls that are shaped in a quadrant and constructed of red brick. They feature garden doors on the street front, with heads set in semi-circular arches and plastered tympana. The walls are connected by cast iron spearhead railings, which are supported by fluted column standards topped with urns. There are central steps leading to the doorway, with a footscraper located to the left.
Local climate
Quadrant Walls and Railings to Former No 64 (Greyfriars Vicarage) 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
- 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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