The Litten is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. Formerly school, later hotel. 5 related planning applications.
The Litten
- WRENN ID
- gilded-steeple-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Formerly school, later hotel
- Address
- The Litten, Newtown Road, Newbury, RG14 7BB
- OS grid reference
- SU 469 666
- Coordinates
- 51.39655, -1.32684
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Litten is a building dating from around 1848, originally part of the St Bartholomew's School foundation and later used as a hotel. It is two and a half storeys tall, with a double front and three windows. The building has a double-pile plan and features a slate roof with coped gables and moulded gable stacks. The construction is brick with ashlar dressings, and there are coped, gabled dormers at the end bays. The windows are recessed sash types with hoodmoulds; the outer windows on the first floor consist of three lights, while the ground floor has a splayed bay with four-light windows. A notable feature is the portico with an arched doorway that has a square hoodmould, topped by a stepped pediment flanked by pinnacles. The Litten is part of the former Newbury Commercial School, which includes the adjoining Litten Chapel.
Local climate
The Litten receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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
- No sale records on file
- 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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