Forster's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1983. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.

Forster's Farmhouse

WRENN ID
iron-plaster-russet
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
Farmhouse
Address
Forster's Farmhouse, A340, Aldermaston, RG7 4QY
OS grid reference
SU 590 649
Coordinates
51.38064, -1.15359
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Forster's Farmhouse is a late 18th-century brick farmhouse. It is constructed of grey brick with red brick dressings, and features a plinth, a projecting band, and a dentil brick cornice to the eaves. The roof is tiled, with end chimney stacks. The farmhouse has two storeys and three bays, with glazing bar sashes to the windows. A central half-glazed door has a rectangular fanlight above, and is sheltered by a 19th-century gabled porch with a 20th-century door.

Local climate

Forster's Farmhouse 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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  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 10 transactions since 1997
  • 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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