The Hermitage is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 June 1984. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Hermitage
- WRENN ID
- old-shingle-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 June 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Hermitage, Wantage Road, Hungerford, RG17 0HA
- OS grid reference
- SU 343 690
- Coordinates
- 51.41984, -1.50716
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hermitage is a mid-18th century house located on Wantage Road in Hungerford. It features an old tile roof with flanking chimneys and is constructed of grey brick with red dressings, as well as part grey headers and red stretchers. The building has two storeys and is designed in an L shape.
The front elevation includes three irregular casements with cambered heads and dentil eaves on the first floor. There is a central door with six raised and fielded panels, topped by a rectangular fanlight and a flat hood supported by cut brackets. This door is flanked by wide four-light casements, also with cambered heads. To the left, there is a one-storey extension. The right flank elevation is partially rendered and features irregular casements with cambered heads.
Local climate
The Hermitage receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- Related listed building consents — 3 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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