The Old Stores is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 November 1983. House, shop. 1 related planning application.
The Old Stores
- WRENN ID
- proud-lintel-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 November 1983
- Type
- House, shop
- Address
- The Old Stores, Holly Lane, Ashampstead, RG8 8RT
- OS grid reference
- SU 564 769
- Coordinates
- 51.48846, -1.18806
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Stores is a house and shop, now functioning solely as a house. It dates from the late 16th century, with alterations around 1800 and further modifications in the mid-19th century. The left-hand block is constructed of red brick and features a dentil brick eaves cornice beneath an old tile hipped roof, which has an end stack to the left and an off-centre stack to the right at the rear. This block is two storeys high and has two glazing bar sash windows with exposed wooden boxes on each floor; the ground floor windows have segmental heads. There is a two-panelled door to the right.
The right-hand block is timber framed, with red brick refacing and additions, and has a gable facing the road. It is a single storey and features a large arched eight-light shop window with a blank tympanum above. To the right, there is a four-panelled doorway with a 19th-century lattice iron porch and a corrugated iron canopy. Inside, there are substantial remains of one timber framed bay in the right-hand block. The front of the property is bordered by 19th-century spear-head iron railings with urn finials on the standards.
Local climate
The Old Stores sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2000
- 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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