The Shanty is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. Boathouse villa. 1 related planning application.
The Shanty
- WRENN ID
- white-cellar-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1978
- Type
- Boathouse villa
- Address
- The Shanty, the Warren, RG4 7TQ
- OS grid reference
- SU 697 750
- Coordinates
- 51.47033, -0.99702
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a boathouse villa, likely dating to around 1905. It is set on a river and has a gable end facing the water. The building is one storey with an attic and a basement. It is constructed with weatherboarding and has a thatched roof. Watergates are present, accompanied by a verandah supported by rustic wooden posts and covered with thatch. A small gable window sits above the watergates.
Local climate
The Shanty 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 — 2 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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