11 and 12, Abbot's Walk is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. House. 9 related planning applications.

11 and 12, Abbot's Walk

WRENN ID
night-kitchen-pine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Reading
Constituency
Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 December 1978
Type
House
Address
11 and 12, Abbot's Walk, RG1 3HW
OS grid reference
SU 719 735
Coordinates
51.45653, -0.96548
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an early 19th-century pair of houses located on Abbot’s Walk. The buildings are three storeys high with a basement, constructed of Bath stone. A string course runs at the first-floor impost level of the arched windows, and another at the second-floor sill level. The eaves are wide and flat, supporting a slate roof. The windows are glazing bar sash windows, arranged in two ranges per house, with arched recesses for the first-floor windows. The entrances have six-panel doors, each topped with a fanlight that is also recessed. A mid-19th century cast-iron balcony extends across both houses, featuring a bowed section. Cast-iron fleur-de-lys railings are situated in front of the properties.

Local climate

11 and 12, Abbot's Walk 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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  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2002
  • Related listed building consents — 9 applications
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  • 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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