Northbrook House is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 1981. House. 1 related planning application.
Northbrook House
- WRENN ID
- guardian-sandstone-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 November 1981
- Type
- House
- Address
- Northbrook House, 39, Oxford Street, Newbury, RG14 1JG
- OS grid reference
- SU 468 676
- Coordinates
- 51.40594, -1.32733
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Northbrook House is an early 19th century building that features a mid 19th century attic storey and bay windows on the ground floor. It stands three storeys tall with an attic and has a double-fronted main west facade with three windows. There is a window return to the road, which has blind windows on the first and second floors. The house has a hipped slate roof and is constructed of red brick, with oversailing brick eaves cornice. The recessed sash windows, which have glazing bars, are topped with gauged flat brick arches. On either side of the entrance are three-light bay windows that have hipped leaded roofs. The entrance is marked by a good cast-iron trellis porch with a tented roof, leading to a doorway that features a rectangular fanlight and a panelled door. Additionally, there is a garden gateway with brick piers topped by balls.
Local climate
Northbrook House 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2006
- 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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