Jessamine Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 April 1967. A C19 Cottage, shop. 1 related planning application.
Jessamine Cottage
- WRENN ID
- fallen-tin-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1967
- Type
- Cottage, shop
- Address
- Jessamine Cottage, Reading Road, Streatley, RG8 9HY
- OS grid reference
- SU 591 807
- Coordinates
- 51.52248, -1.14865
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Jessamine Cottage is a house and shop located on the south side of Streatley High Street, dating from the early 19th century. The building is constructed of red brick and features an old tile roof that is hipped to the right, with an end stack on the left. It stands two storeys high and has three bays with glazing bar sashes. The central entrance consists of a six-panelled door with glazed upper lights and an arched radial fan, all set within a recessed brick surround. To the west, there is a 19th-century shop front.
Local climate
Jessamine Cottage 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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 EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2025
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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