5, ELDON SQUARE (See details for further address information) is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. House. 1 related planning application.
5, ELDON SQUARE (See details for further address information)
- WRENN ID
- pitched-storey-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Constituency
- Reading Central MP: Matt Rodda (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1978
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- SU 724 731
- Coordinates
- 51.45238, -0.95837
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 5 Eldon Square, which includes No 15 Eldon Road, is a building dating from around 1840 and is attributed to the Briants. It is 2½ storeys tall and constructed of Bath stone, topped with a slate roof that features a large two-light dormer with marginal glazing. The building has end chimneys and two windows on the first floor, each with stop-beaded surrounds. On the ground floor, there is a large tripartite window with a segmental head, and all windows are sashes with marginal glazing. The ground floor window is adorned with a moulded architrave and panelling in the tympanum. To the right, there is a recessed doorway with an architrave surround. Additionally, there is a Bath stone corner pier to the south-west of the garden, which has chamfered sides.
Local climate
5, ELDON SQUARE (See details for further address information) 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 sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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