Building Now Part of Courage's Brewery is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. Brewery building.

Building Now Part of Courage's Brewery

WRENN ID
graven-stair-yew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Reading
Constituency
Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 December 1978
Type
Brewery building
Address
Building Now Part of Courage's Brewery, Fobney Street
OS grid reference
SU 714 730
Coordinates
51.45163, -0.97359
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The building, now part of Courage's Brewery, was likely once a malthouse and is set in a picturesque location by the River Kennet. It dates from the early 19th century and is constructed of red brick. The structure is 2 and a half storeys high with a mansard tiled roof and features seven bays. The north side has been altered and includes two dormers. On the south side, there are large segmental-headed windows on the ground floor and smaller windows on the first floor, both with wooden lintels and cast iron glazing bars. The gable ends have lunettes.

Local climate

Building Now Part of Courage's Brewery 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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