The Mount is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. A Victorian House.
The Mount
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-parapet-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1978
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Mount, 57 and 57a
- OS grid reference
- SU 725 721
- Coordinates
- 51.4436, -0.95785
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Mount is a house built around 1876 for the manager of Huntley and Palmer's, located at the corner of Christchurch Road and the Mount estate. This 2 1/2 storey building is constructed of Gault brick, featuring paler brick bands at the cill and lintel levels, with a modillion eaves cornice and a slate roof adorned with fish-scale bands. It has two chimneys that lack cogged capping. The windows are plate glass sash with bracket cills, cast-iron flower basket guards, and stop-moulded stone lintels.
The main facade has three bays facing the road, with angled corner bays. The left bay is a polygonal turret topped with a turret roof, and it features diaperwork in pointed relieving arches above the first floor. A central gabled break showcases diaperwork and irregularly placed windows, with paired windows on the first floor. The entrance is highlighted by a gabled hood with floral caps, leading to a decoratively panelled door. The east side has a coped gable with diaperwork in the gable, along with two windows and the angle turret facing the Mount. The property retains its original railings and standards.
Local climate
The Mount receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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