Waiting Room at Mortimer Station on South West Side of Railway Line is a Grade II* listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 January 1987. A Victorian Waiting room.
Waiting Room at Mortimer Station on South West Side of Railway Line
- WRENN ID
- over-gallery-auburn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 January 1987
- Type
- Waiting room
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Waiting Room at Mortimer Station on South West Side of Railway Line, the Forehead, Stratfield Mortimer
- OS grid reference
- SU 672 641
- Coordinates
- 51.37201, -1.03555
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The waiting room at Mortimer Station, located on the southwest side of the railway line, was built in 1848. It is constructed of red brick, featuring stock brick strings and dressings around the openings. The front of the building is symmetrical, with a deeply recessed central section that has a round-headed arched opening. On either side, there are projecting wings that contain round-headed semi-circular niches. A continuous string runs at the impost level, forming impost blocks.
Local climate
Waiting Room at Mortimer Station on South West Side of Railway Line receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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