Apple Tree Cottage Appletree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1957. Cottage. 5 related planning applications.

Apple Tree Cottage Appletree Cottage

WRENN ID
first-cloister-aspen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Reading
Constituency
Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 March 1957
Type
Cottage
Address
Apple Tree Cottage Appletree Cottage, Churchend Lane, RG30 4UL
OS grid reference
SU 676 731
Coordinates
51.45366, -1.02781
Source
Historic England listing

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

Description

Apple Tree Cottage, located at Neath Gardens in Tilehurst, is a building dating from the 16th century or early 17th century. It is two storeys high and features a timber frame with brick infilling. The cottage has a thatched roof, which includes a catslide at the rear. The rear side has been modernized with brick and includes three windows and a porch on the right. The front of the cottage displays irregular modern casements, three eyebrow dormers, two light casements, and three windows on the ground floor, along with two modern doors. There is also a well situated in front of the house.

Local climate

Apple Tree Cottage Appletree Cottage 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 — 3 transactions since 2009
  • 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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