University of Reading School of Education is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. Villa. 4 related planning applications.

University of Reading School of Education

WRENN ID
winter-pilaster-pine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Reading
Constituency
Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 December 1978
Type
Villa
Address
University of Reading School of Education, 29 and 31, Eastern Avenue
OS grid reference
SU 733 729
Coordinates
51.45038, -0.94619
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The University of Reading School of Education occupies a villa dating from the 1840s. Built of stucco with a slate roof, the building faces south. It features rusticated quoins and a symmetrical three-bay design. The windows are cross-glazed and plate glass sashes, each with a hood mould and an outer tripartite arrangement. A parapet runs along the roofline. A projecting box porch with rounded corners and a pierced parapet provides the entrance. The porch door is half-glazed and has stop-chamfered reveals. The main entrance door is four-panelled with glazed side panels and a rectangular overlight with lozenge glazing.

Local climate

University of Reading School of Education sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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 — 17 transactions since 1996
  • 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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