Coley Park House Coley Park House Coley Park Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. House.

Coley Park House Coley Park House Coley Park Lodge

WRENN ID
outer-gateway-pine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Reading
Constituency
Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 December 1978
Type
House
Address
Coley Park House Coley Park House Coley Park Lodge, Coley Avenue
OS grid reference
SU 703 721
Coordinates
51.44407, -0.98931
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Coley Park House is an early 19th-century building, altered around 1840, designed by architect D A Alexander. The east front features two storeys and a central attic, with a rendered surface and a balustraded parapet above a cornice. The end two bays project forward on each side, creating a seven-bay front with glazing bar sash windows that have raised upper surrounds on guttae and keystones. An off-centre porte cochere has two arched bays and is also rendered. To the right of the centre, there is a small conservatory supported by twisted columns, and two dormers along with a small extension to the right. The original tripartite doorway has fluted mullions and an arcaded fanlight decorated with a Greek key pattern, topped with a Sungod mask from the 18th century. The doors are glazed. The south front has two bays, a three-storey segmental bay, and three additional bays. The west front features a three-bay arched loggia in the centre with a room above. Inside, there is a flagged hall with black corner lozenges and a staircase from around 1840, which has an arcaded landing on each side with marble balusters. The ground floor bow window room includes a fine marble chimneypiece, likely from the 18th century, depicting harvesting scenes. To the west, there is a large formal garden with a terraced and apsed centre, steps, walls, and hedges, along with circa 1800 piers at the end of the west wall.

Local climate

Coley Park House Coley Park House Coley Park Lodge 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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