83 and 85, London Road is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. House. 6 related planning applications.
83 and 85, London Road
- WRENN ID
- tenth-spire-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1978
- Type
- House
- Address
- 83 and 85, London Road, RG1 5BY
- OS grid reference
- SU 726 731
- Coordinates
- 51.45226, -0.95579
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of houses dating from the mid-19th century, built in the Eldon Square style, located on London Road. They are three storeys high and constructed of stucco. The ground floor has channelled detailing and two gabled projections, each featuring tripartite windows with glazing bar sashes, along with balconies. The first floor has pediments above the windows. Set-back porch bays are located at each end of the building. The roof is slate, with projecting eaves and a central chimney. Oculi are visible in the second floor of the end gables. The building is set behind a street wall of bath ashlar, which incorporates cross-gabled gate piers.
Local climate
83 and 85, London Road 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2023
- 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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