52, Mount Pleasant is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. House. 1 related planning application.
52, Mount Pleasant
- WRENN ID
- waiting-fireplace-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1978
- Type
- House
- Address
- 52, Mount Pleasant, RG1 2TD
- OS grid reference
- SU 719 725
- Coordinates
- 51.44751, -0.9664
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a late 18th-century building of three storeys, constructed of red brick with an old tile roof. The front features a six-panel door set within a recessed brick arch, which has a blank tympanum above. There is one sash window with glazing bars on the ground floor, one centrally located on the first floor, and two smaller windows on the second floor. The parapet has been renewed, and the property features early 19th-century arrowhead-shaped iron railings. The building is included on the heritage register for its group value.
Local climate
52, Mount Pleasant 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2008
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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