Greenbank is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1957. House. 8 related planning applications.

Greenbank

WRENN ID
endless-spandrel-equinox
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Reading
Constituency
Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 March 1957
Type
House
Address
Greenbank, 42, London Road
OS grid reference
SU 722 729
Coordinates
51.45106, -0.96158
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Greenbank, located at 42 London Road, is a building that dates back to the mid-18th century and has undergone alterations and restorations. It stands two storeys tall with an attic, constructed from silver grey brick headers complemented by red dressings and quoins. The building features a moulded and bracketed wooden cornice and a hipped slate roof. There are three grey brick chimneys with stone moulded capping, which are likely 20th-century replicas.

The property has two dormers with moulded cornices and casement windows, along with glazing bar sash windows—four on the first floor and three on the ground floor. The entrance door is framed by an architrave surround that is broken at the corners, with panelled pilasters, console brackets, a broken cornice, and a pediment, leading to a six-panel door. A late 19th-century glazed porch is situated at the front of the building. The return side is finished in red brick with blue-grey headers, featuring one panel per floor on the eastern side. Additionally, early 19th-century cast iron railings with panel standards are present on a low wall with stone coping along the street.

Local climate

Greenbank 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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