2 and 4, Church Street is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. House. 11 related planning applications.
2 and 4, Church Street
- WRENN ID
- quiet-garret-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1978
- Type
- House
- Address
- 2 and 4, Church Street, Caversham, RG4 8AT
- OS grid reference
- SU 711 747
- Coordinates
- 51.46762, -0.97681
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 2 and No. 4 Church Street is an 18th-century building that has been altered and refronted. It stands 2 and a half storeys tall and features a 19th-century tiled roof with three gabled dormers, two of which have bracketed gable ends. The shop front, added in the 20th century, is made of stucco and has two outer first-floor glazing bar sash windows. The parapet has a slight break in the center for a shaped panel, and there is a large fascia board for the shop. The interior has been completely opened out for use as a supermarket. This building is included for its group value.
Local climate
2 and 4, Church 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.
- No sale records on file
- 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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