155, Friar Street is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. Commercial building. 3 related planning applications.
155, Friar Street
- WRENN ID
- vast-rubble-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1978
- Type
- Commercial building
- Address
- 155, Friar Street, RG1 1HE
- OS grid reference
- SU 715 735
- Coordinates
- 51.45661, -0.97154
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 155 Friar Street is a building from the 1870s featuring a gabled frontage. It stands 3 and a half storeys tall and has one bay. The structure is made of brick with ashlar bands and moulded strings above the ground, first, and second floors, topped with a slate roof. There is a two-storey bay above the ground floor that has a crenellated parapet. The attic window is a pointed tripartite lunette with a transom, ogee label, and poppyhead. The shaped gable has a decorated verge. The late 19th-century shopfront has a moulded surround, and inside, there is a charming old-fashioned shop, likely from around 1900, featuring an 'L'-plan counter.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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