54, Mount Pleasant is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1957. House.
54, Mount Pleasant
- WRENN ID
- roaming-zinc-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 March 1957
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- SU 719 725
- Coordinates
- 51.44745, -0.9664
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
54 Mount Pleasant is an early 19th-century building that stands three storeys tall. It is constructed of red brick, which has been painted, and features a slate roof. The upper floors have three windows with glazing bar sashes, and there are contemporary wrought iron guard rails on the first floor. The second floor has modern casement windows. The central door has raised and fielded panels, a fanlight with a curved and circular glazing pattern, and a recessed brick arch. The property is also adorned with contemporary spearhead rails and gates, supported by square standards topped with urns, all set on a stone base facing the road.
Local climate
54, Mount Pleasant receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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