187 and 189, Kings Road is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1974. Residential. 2 related planning applications.
187 and 189, Kings Road
- WRENN ID
- stranded-crypt-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1974
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- 187 and 189, Kings Road, RG1 4EX
- OS grid reference
- SU 725 732
- Coordinates
- 51.45397, -0.9569
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Numbers 187 and 189 on Kings Road are a pair of three-storey houses with a basement, built after 1832 as part of Waterloo Place. They are constructed from Bath stone and topped with a slate roof. The ground floor features rusticated stonework, while there is a moulded string course at the first floor level. The houses have a dentil cornice entablature and a blocking course, presenting a symmetrical appearance. The ground and first floors retain most of their original glazing bar sash windows. The first-floor windows are surrounded by architraves and have moulded cornices supported by console brackets. On the ground floor, there are two windows with contemporary balconies and cast-iron balustrades featuring a honeysuckle pattern. Each house has a six-panel door, partially glazed, located under Doric porches, which are accessed by steps. To the right of No 189, there is a two-storey extension with one window. The service houses on Orts Road, which were contemporary to these buildings, have been demolished recently in 1977.
Local climate
187 and 189, Kings 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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