72-76, Southampton Street is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1957. Terraced house. 11 related planning applications.

72-76, Southampton Street

WRENN ID
lost-jamb-fern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Reading
Constituency
Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 March 1957
Type
Terraced house
Address
72-76, Southampton Street, RG1 2QR
OS grid reference
SU 716 728
Coordinates
51.45026, -0.97047
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

This is a circa 1810 terrace of three storeys and a basement, located on the west side of Southampton Street. It may have been designed by the Elder Billing. The building is constructed of brick with a stucco string course at the first-floor level, a splayed brick cornice, and a parapet. The roof is slate, with a hipped section to the right. Each house has two windows, featuring glazing bar sash windows. Steps lead to an arched recess providing access to a doorway, which has six panels and a radiating and wreathed fanlight above.

Local climate

72-76, Southampton Street 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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  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2003
  • Related listed building consents — 11 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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