Riverside Garden Pavilion at Caversham Court is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1957. Garden pavilion. 2 related planning applications.
Riverside Garden Pavilion at Caversham Court
- WRENN ID
- bitter-niche-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 March 1957
- Type
- Garden pavilion
- Address
- Riverside Garden Pavilion at Caversham Court, Church Road, RG4 7AD
- OS grid reference
- SU 708 748
- Coordinates
- 51.46783, -0.98164
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Riverside Garden Pavilion at Caversham Court is a building from the early to mid 17th century, possibly dating to 1617. It was constructed by the Lovedays of Caversham Court and is located at the south-west corner of the garden, accessible via a raised walk from the main axial terrace. The pavilion has a square plan and stands two storeys high. The first floor is timber framed and accessed from the raised terrace, while the ground floor, which serves as a battered basement, is made of brick in an early example of Flemish bond. It features a hipped roof covered with old tiles.
On the first floor, the room designed for river views includes an original "Ipswich" type casement window facing south and east, along with an original six-panel door. The west entrance to the ground floor room is framed by a rusticated flint surround. The south side of the pavilion has a blind oculus that may have originally had a cruciform opening. There is an altered doorway on the east side, and the pavilion once had a windvane dated 1663.
Local climate
Riverside Garden Pavilion at Caversham Court 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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- 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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