Main Block and Chapel at Queen Anne's School is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. School. 6 related planning applications.

Main Block and Chapel at Queen Anne's School

WRENN ID
winter-rubblework-hawthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Reading
Constituency
Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 December 1978
Type
School
Address
Main Block and Chapel at Queen Anne's School, Henley Road, RG4 6DX
OS grid reference
SU 717 751
Coordinates
51.47047, -0.96821
Source
Historic England listing

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

Description

The main block and chapel at Queen Anne's School is a notable building constructed in the 1870s, designed by Alfred Waterhouse for Mr. West. It features a 'U' plan and was later altered and extended by Joseph Morris between 1893 and 1896, with further modifications made in the interwar period.

The south front of the building is symmetrical, comprising a two-and-a-half to three-storey block made of red brick with stone quoins and dressings, accented by occasional blue-black diaper patterns. It has five bays and four gables, with the two principal gables projecting to flank a central gabled porch. The gables are coped and feature moulded kneelers and brick block cornice returns. A moulded string course runs above the ground floor. The slate roof is topped with grooved chimneys positioned at the sides of the gables. The windows are mullioned casement types with stop-chamfered reveals and brick relieving arches above. A Caernarvon arch fanlight is situated above the door, with the porch flanked by tall single-light windows and a three-light window above a central blind window that contains a monogram panel, possibly reading "EMM" over "86" in leafy relief. There is a secondary porch at the angle of the right-hand bay and the principal right-hand gable.

The chapel, added in 1893 by Sir Reginald Bloomfield, is constructed of red brick with stone dressings and dividing buttresses, featuring a slate roof with a parapet on the south side. Inside, the school has undergone alterations, but the hall still retains a Gothic fireplace and some heating fixtures.

Local climate

Main Block and Chapel at Queen Anne's School 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • Related listed building consents — 6 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Balmore Grade II 406 m
  2. Caversham Baptist Free Church Grade II 449 m
  3. West Memorial Hall Grade II 472 m
  4. Caversham Free Public Library Grade II 512 m
  5. The Rise Grade II 557 m
  6. St Anne's Well Head and Drinking Bowl Grade II 592 m
  7. 10, Church Street Grade II 655 m
  8. Hill House Grade II 658 m
  9. 6 and 8, Church Street Grade II 663 m
  10. 2 and 4, Church Street Grade II 675 m