Blagrave Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
Blagrave Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- scarred-lancet-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1978
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Blagrave Farmhouse, Upper Woodcote Road, RG4 7JX
- OS grid reference
- SU 695 762
- Coordinates
- 51.48064, -1.00021
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Blagrave Farmhouse is an early to mid-19th century building of painted brick. It is two storeys high and features two ranges of windows on its south front. The upper floor has glazing bar sashes, while the ground floor has tripartite casements. A one-bay extension is set back to the right, and a low, cylindrical flue is situated in the angle of the building. A gabled porch with an arched window is positioned to the west. The roof is slate. To the left of the porch are fragments from the 18th century, including a gable end bay and sections of a flint wall extending beyond the flue. The building is included on the list for its group value.
Local climate
Blagrave Farmhouse 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 — 6 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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