85-89, Christchurch Road is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
85-89, Christchurch Road
- WRENN ID
- riven-pedestal-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1978
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 85-89, Christchurch Road, RG2 7BD
- OS grid reference
- SU 727 720
- Coordinates
- 51.44311, -0.95535
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 85 to 89 on Christchurch Road are a pair of former cottages dating from around 1800. The buildings are two storeys high, constructed from red brick with silver grey headers, and feature old tile hipped roofs. Nos 87 and 89 have half-hipped roofs with a central chimney. No 85 has three bays, while Nos 87 and 89 have two bays. There are flanking screen walls with curved coping, except to the right of No 85, which screens a single-storey lean-to of one bay. The cottages have glazing bar sash windows. No 85 has a central six-panel door with a radiating fanlight set in an arched recess. The doors for Nos 87 and 89 are located in the side wings, with the outer doorways blocked. No 87 retains a trellis porch.
Local climate
85-89, Christchurch Road receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 — 5 transactions since 1996
- 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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