Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. Church. 2 related planning applications.
Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- wild-gravel-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1978
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of All Saints, Downshire Square, RG1 6NJ
- OS grid reference
- SU 704 729
- Coordinates
- 51.4514, -0.98817
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of All Saints is a Church of England building dating from 1865 to 1874. Designed by J.P. St Aubyn, it was conceived as an extension to the nearby St Mary’s church to serve a growing suburb. The church is constructed of coursed Pennant sandstone rubble with Bath stone ashlar dressings, featuring weathered buttresses and raised verges. The roof is tiled. The architectural style is Early English, with a five-bay aisled nave, a short transept, and an apsed east end. A narthex is located to the west, featuring a high gabled porch with a double entry elaborately decorated with multiple orders and blind geometric tracery incorporating carved monograms. A rose window is positioned above the porch. An intended spire was not realised.
The interior is notable for its painted arcade, a richly decorated five-window apse, and mural mosaics to the west.
Local climate
Church of All Saints 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 — 5 transactions since 1997
- 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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