29 and 31, Caversham Road is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. Residential.

29 and 31, Caversham Road

WRENN ID
outer-nave-dew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Reading
Constituency
Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 December 1978
Type
Residential
OS grid reference
SU 711 737
Coordinates
51.45785, -0.97786
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 29 and 31 on Caversham Road are a pair of two-storey and basement houses built around 1847. They are constructed of red brick and feature a cill band at the first floor. The hipped slate roof has a central chimney. Each house has one bay with glazing bar sash windows. There are porch extensions on each side, which are set back and topped with urns on the coping.

Local climate

29 and 31, Caversham 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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