The Poplars is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 January 1987. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
The Poplars
- WRENN ID
- waning-porch-woodpecker
- 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
- Cottage
- Address
- The Poplars, Church Lane, Ufton Nervet, RG7 4HQ
- OS grid reference
- SU 628 679
- Coordinates
- 51.40666, -1.09822
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Poplars is a cottage located on Church Lane in Ufton Nervet. It dates from the late 17th century and 18th century, with 20th-century additions to the south-west. The building is timber framed, partially refaced and rebuilt in white painted brick, and features a half hipped thatched roof with a catslide over an outshut to the north-west. It has two framed bays and is 1½ storeys high.
The south-east front includes two eyebrow eaves dormers with 2-light casements and a stack located off-centre to the right at the rear. To the left, there are two 3-light casements with segmental relieving arches, and to the right, there is a boarded door also with a segmental relieving arch. There is a one-storey 20th-century addition set back to the left, constructed of white painted brick with a corrugated iron roof.
Local climate
The Poplars 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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