42 and 43, Bird's Lane is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1983. House. 4 related planning applications.
42 and 43, Bird's Lane
- WRENN ID
- twisted-postern-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- 42 and 43, Bird's Lane, Midgham, RG7 5UL
- OS grid reference
- SU 554 673
- Coordinates
- 51.40225, -1.204
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 42 and 43 on Bird's Lane are two houses that were originally built in the 17th century, with some alterations made in the 20th century. The structure is timber framed and features a painted brick facing, topped with a 20th-century tiled roof and a central ridge stack. The building consists of two framed bays and has an altered lobby entrance type. It stands two storeys high and has three windows on each floor, all of which are 20th-century casements. There is a canted bay window on the ground floor to the left, and doors are located in the additions to the right and left. Inside, the houses contain good contemporary fireplaces and remnants of a 17th-century staircase.
Local climate
42 and 43, Bird's Lane receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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- Related listed building consents — 4 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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