Nos. 1-9 Oaklands is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 2013. Block of flats.
Nos. 1-9 Oaklands
- WRENN ID
- slow-bailey-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 2013
- Type
- Block of flats
- Address
- Nos. 1-9 Oaklands, Bulmershe Road, Berkshire
- OS grid reference
- SU 735 727
- Coordinates
- 51.44933, -0.94273
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 1-9 Oaklands is a three-storey block built with heavily raked dark brickwork, featuring horizontal white weatherboarding and bands of black vertical boarding on the upper floors, topped with flat roofs. The building contains five maisonettes on the upper two floors and four flats below, each with its own external doorway on the east side. The flats offer 1-2 bedrooms, while the maisonettes have 2-3 bedrooms and balconies attached to their first-floor living rooms.
The east side, which serves as the entrance, has projecting brick walls that create a series of irregularly-shaped yards, enclosed by white boarded timber gates. The original front doors are made of white-painted timber with two large glazed panels. The windows are centrally-hinged black timber casements, with those on the upper floors set within bands of black vertical boarding. The taller living-room windows contribute to a varied pattern of fenestration. On the west side, the flats feature glazed sliding doors with black timber surrounds that open onto semi-enclosed patios. A continuous balcony at first-floor level has a parapet lowered in sections to provide views from the maisonette living rooms.
Inside, original fittings such as built-in cupboards, glazed partitions between living rooms and kitchens, and timber handrails on the stairs are preserved to varying extents throughout the estate.
Local climate
Nos. 1-9 Oaklands sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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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- Sale history — 28 transactions since 1995
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