The Chestnuts is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 April 1967. House.
The Chestnuts
- WRENN ID
- tilted-gallery-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Chestnuts, 60, High Street, Theale
- OS grid reference
- SU 644 713
- Coordinates
- 51.43784, -1.0735
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chestnuts is a house that has been converted into three flats. It dates from the early 18th century and early 19th century. The building is constructed of red brick with tuck pointing and features a hipped slate roof, with a hipped tile roof at the rear. It has an L-shaped plan with a wing to the right at the back.
The left-hand block is two storeys high and has five bays, with segmental-headed glazing bar sash windows. The central entrance features a six-panelled door with a radial fanlight, imposts, and a keystone. This doorcase is adorned with Tuscan pilasters that support an entablature with a pulvinated frieze and a triangular pediment.
The right-hand block, which is from the early 19th century, is also made of red brick and has a hipped slate roof. It is two storeys tall with an end stack to the right and consists of two bays with segmental-headed glazing bar sashes.
Local climate
The Chestnuts receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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