Gunnells Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 November 1983. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
Gunnells Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- floating-vault-smoke
- 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
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Gunnells Farmhouse, the Avenue, Bucklebury, RG7 6NJ
- OS grid reference
- SU 586 699
- Coordinates
- 51.42597, -1.15844
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gunnels Farmhouse is a 17th-century farmhouse with alterations made in the 18th century and an addition to the rear. It is timber framed and has been refaced with white painted brick and has a tile-hung gable to the north. The roof is tiled, with end and ridge stacks. The farmhouse is arranged in an L-shape, with two framed bays. The west front has two first-floor windows with three lights and leaded casements, a central panelled door with a 20th-century gabled and tile-hung porch, and three-light, 20th-century segmental-headed casements on either side of the door.
Local climate
Gunnells Farmhouse receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 9 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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