Garden Seat Approximately 40 Metres to East of the Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 January 1987. Garden seat.
Garden Seat Approximately 40 Metres to East of the Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- last-moat-river
- 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
- Garden seat
- OS grid reference
- SU 634 675
- Coordinates
- 51.40329, -1.08874
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This garden seat, located approximately 40 metres to the east of the Old Rectory, dates from around 1862 and incorporates elements from a 17th-century church monument. It is constructed from ashlar and red brick, featuring a U-plan design built into the garden wall. The seat has lozenge panels below it and three cartouches behind, which are framed by reused moulded surrounds. Ionic pilasters are present in the reveals, and there is a carved stone key in the lintel, supported by a later central timber support.
Local climate
Garden Seat Approximately 40 Metres to East of the Old Rectory 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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