Whitley Villa 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.
Whitley Villa
- WRENN ID
- vacant-granite-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1978
- Type
- House
- Address
- Whitley Villa, 1, Christchurch Road, RG2 7AB
- OS grid reference
- SU 720 722
- Coordinates
- 51.44446, -0.96413
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Whitley Villa is an early 19th-century building located on Christchurch Road. It is a two-storey structure made of red brick with grey brick headers and features a slate roof with brick chimneys at the gable ends, which are treated with parapets between the chimneys. The left two bays are original and have glazing bar sash windows, with the first-floor window on the left lengthened to accommodate a balcony and featuring marginal glazing. The entrance has a wide segmental-headed door surround with channelled quoins and a reeded surround, topped by a radiating fanlight and a four-panel door. To the right, there is a mid to late 19th-century canted bay, which is made of plain red brick and has modern casement windows. The property includes a contemporary staircase and is enclosed by fleur-de-lys railings and gates.
Local climate
Whitley Villa 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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