Dean's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1951. A C18 Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Dean's Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- plain-minaret-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1951
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Dean's Farmhouse, Star Road, RG4 5JZ
- OS grid reference
- SU 726 742
- Coordinates
- 51.46254, -0.95561
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dean's Farmhouse is a 18th-century building, with alterations circa 1820, originally fronted around 1727. It is located in Lower Caversham. The front of the farmhouse is red brick with black and blue headers, featuring a plinth and a band above the ground floor. It has two storeys and an attic, with five bays. The windows are flush-framed glazing bar sash windows with segmental heads over the ground floor. A central Regency doorway has a reeded surround, a six-panel (flush reeded) door, and a Gothick fanlight. The roof is hipped and covered with old tiles, with a modern brick chimney rising off the ridge and a gabled dormer on the north return. A long rear extension was added to the south circa 1820. The interior features a Regency hall and staircase. A pleasant range of mainly mid-19th century farmbuildings are situated to the north and north-east. The farmhouse enjoys a very attractive setting facing the river. Dean’s Farm and Dean’s Farm Cottage are connected to Star Road by a raised flint causeway.
Local climate
Dean's Farmhouse 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 — 4 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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