185, Kings Road is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1974. House. 5 related planning applications.
185, Kings Road
- WRENN ID
- haunted-gargoyle-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- 185, Kings Road, RG1 4EX
- OS grid reference
- SU 725 733
- Coordinates
- 51.45412, -0.9572
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 185 Kings Road is a Grade II listed building that dates from after 1832 and is part of Waterloo Place. This two-storey structure is constructed of rendered Bath stone and features a plain front with a string course at the first-floor cill level. The building has a flat eaves cornice and a slate double ridge roof with end gable brick chimneys that have moulded stone capping.
At the center, there is a gabled projection with an arched door and fanlight, which is sheltered by an arched porch accessed by steps. The first floor has three glazing bar sash windows. There are lower two-storey wings on either side, which have a parapet and hipped roof; the left wing features a round-headed window on the first floor, while the right wing has garage doors. Additionally, the central first-floor window is adorned with an open pediment supported by console brackets.
Local climate
185, Kings Road 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2024
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- 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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