Fir Tree House is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. House. 2 related planning applications.
Fir Tree House
- WRENN ID
- scattered-doorway-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1978
- Type
- House
- Address
- Fir Tree House, 2, Surley Row, RG4 8LY
- OS grid reference
- SU 717 758
- Coordinates
- 51.47714, -0.968
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fir Tree House is a 18th-century building located on Surley Row. It has been altered and features two storeys with a stucco front. There is a string course at the first floor level, and the building has an old tiled roof with end chimneys. The original casement windows have been replaced with glazing bar sash windows, with three on the first floor and two on the ground floor. The former door and trellis porch have been replaced with a replica Georgian-style doorpiece that has pilasters, panelled reveals, and a door. The rear of the house is made of painted brick and has three hipped gables. The interior has been modernized.
Local climate
Fir Tree House 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 2003
- 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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