Drakes is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1986. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
Drakes
- WRENN ID
- blind-lime-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Drakes, Peasemore, RG20 7JE
- OS grid reference
- SU 457 773
- Coordinates
- 51.49309, -1.34174
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Drakes is an early 17th-century farmhouse, now a cottage, with a 19th-century extension and 20th-century alterations. It is constructed of brick and timber frame, with some weatherboarding, and has a thatched roof. The rectangular plan runs north to south and incorporates a two-bay timber frame. The building is one and a half storeys high, with two two-light dormers cut into the thatch at the eaves on the west side. A chimney is located at the north end of the timber frame and at the junction of the frame and the 19th-century extension. The west elevation features a low, weatherboarded garage to the left, a store in the centre, the two-bay timber frame with a canted bay window in the left bay, and a three-light 19th-century cast-iron diamond-paned casement in the right bay. To the right is a brick 19th-century extension with a boarded door in a cambered head opening and a two-light casement window.
Local climate
Drakes sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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 — 1 transaction since 2021
- 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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