Green Lea is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
Green Lea
- WRENN ID
- eternal-railing-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1978
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Green Lea, 221, New Lane Hill, RG30 4JU
- OS grid reference
- SU 674 727
- Coordinates
- 51.4501, -1.03052
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Green Lea is a 17th-century thatched cottage located on Church Road, Tilehurst. The building has been modernised. It is rendered and has one and a half storeys. The two bays to the left feature two eyebrow dormers and modern casement windows below. A single-storey bay is positioned to the right. A central chimney is present. A porch with a catslide roof, integrated into a rethatched hip, is located on the left side.
Local climate
Green Lea 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 — 4 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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