The Cedars the Kendrick School is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. A Georgian Educational.

The Cedars the Kendrick School

WRENN ID
tangled-porch-clover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Reading
Constituency
Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 December 1978
Type
Educational
Period
Georgian
Address
The Cedars the Kendrick School, 37, London Road
OS grid reference
SU 719 729
Coordinates
51.45102, -0.96532
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cedars, part of The Kendrick School, is an early 19th century building located on the north side of London Road. It is set back from the road and features two storeys and an attic. The exterior is finished in stucco with a string course beneath the first-floor cills and a plinth, topped by a hipped slate roof. The central section has a pediment with wide, flat eaves supported by flat brackets, and a bull's eye window at the center of the pediment.

On the first floor, there are three windows, although the glazing bars have been removed. The central doorway is segmental arched and features double doors, each with three panels. The doors are flanked by sidelights separated from the doors by strip pilasters, and there is a small cornice above with a radiating and wreathed fanlight. Doric pilasters flank the doorway, which appears to have had a portico that has since been removed. The doorway is accessed by stone steps and is flanked by panels beneath the first-floor windows.

On either side of the pedimented section, there are two-storey wings with one window each, although the right wing has been altered. To the left, there are modern additions. The rear of the building is finished in white stucco and features a full-height bow with three windows on the right, which have glazing bar sashes and deep bracketed eaves.

Local climate

The Cedars the Kendrick School 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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