Whiteknights House Annexe is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. Annexe. 3 related planning applications.
Whiteknights House Annexe
- WRENN ID
- upper-plinth-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Earley and Woodley MP: Yuan Yang (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1978
- Type
- Annexe
- Address
- Whiteknights House Annexe, the Queens Drive
- OS grid reference
- SU 732 719
- Coordinates
- 51.44156, -0.94754
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Whiteknights House Annexe is a late 19th-century building, possibly designed by Waterhouse. It stands two storeys tall with a gabled attic, constructed of red brick featuring grey brick quoins and dressings. The ground floor has stone crenellated square bays at the outer gabled breaks, and there is a stone string course above the ground floor. The outer gables are topped with shaped stone coping and finials. The building has a 1:3:1 bay arrangement with cross glazed sash windows.
A central turret, which has a modillion cornice but lacks a roof, is a notable feature. To the right, there is a low two-storey service wing with two windows, characterized by cogged eaves, and a kitchen extension (possibly by Joseph Morris from the 1890s) that includes a crested ridge and dormer light. There is also a hipped extension at the far right with a gable designed for a bell. The roofs are covered with slate, and the chimneys are stepped, made of red and grey brick with cogged capping.
The west front mirrors the east but includes two-storey square bays added to the gable ends and a central porch with a shaped gable, featuring Gothic panelled doors. Inside, the building has a stair hall typical of Waterhouse, with a stilted arch screen that has stop-chamfered edges.
Local climate
Whiteknights House Annexe 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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