17, Eldon Square is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. Commercial. 6 related planning applications.

17, Eldon Square

WRENN ID
dim-rafter-saffron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Reading
Constituency
Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 December 1978
Type
Commercial
Address
17, Eldon Square, RG1 4DP
OS grid reference
SU 725 731
Coordinates
51.45249, -0.95739
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

No. 17 Eldon Square is a building dating from around 1840, designed in an asymmetrical Italianate style. It stands 2 and a half storeys tall with a basement, constructed from Bath stone ashlar on a plinth. There is a band above the ground floor, and the building features a slate roof with end chimneys. Three modern gabled dormers are present, along with three windows on the first floor, the central one being arched. On the ground floor, there are two windows with scalloped blind boxes and glazing bar sashes. The entrance consists of a central two-panelled door topped by an arched fanlight. Steps lead up to a projecting gabled porch, which has corner piers and an arched opening. Flanking the porch are corner garden piers typical of the Eldon Square style.

Local climate

17, Eldon Square 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 — 2 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 6 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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