Balmore is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. Villa. 1 related planning application.
Balmore
- WRENN ID
- woven-clay-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1978
- Type
- Villa
- Address
- Balmore, Newlands Avenue, RG4 8PU
- OS grid reference
- SU 715 754
- Coordinates
- 51.47336, -0.9718
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Balmore is a substantial suburban villa built around the 1860s, featuring two storeys, an attic, and a basement. The exterior is finished in stucco over a stone basement, with moulded stone quoins and a string course above the ground floor. It has a moulded cornice and a hipped slate roof that includes two gabled dormers. The façade is arranged in a 2:3:2 bay pattern, with glazing bar sash windows. The centre of the first floor has a narrow window, while the ground floor features a large angled bay with three windows. To the left, there is an altered entrance with a segmental head, accessed by steps. The left side of the villa has a four-bay return with a full-length verandah on the ground floor, supported by barley sugar cast iron columns and also reached by steps at the rear. Inside, there is a large hall with mouldings on the plastered beams and a columned screen leading to the stair hall. Off the stair hall are two principal rooms, each with moulded cornices.
Local climate
Balmore 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 — 68 transactions since 1995
- 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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