No 2 and Former Oddfellows Hall is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. Former hall. 3 related planning applications.
No 2 and Former Oddfellows Hall
- WRENN ID
- moated-entrance-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Former hall
- Address
- No 2 and Former Oddfellows Hall, Craven Road, Newbury
- OS grid reference
- SU 469 668
- Coordinates
- 51.39899, -1.32689
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 2 and the former Oddfellows Hall, now converted into flats, was built in 1886 and designed by architect James H Money from Newbury. The builder was Edward James of Pound Street, Newbury, and the stonework was completed by John Pound of Speenhamland. This two-storey building features a symmetrical facade with five windows and a central entrance bay. It is constructed of brick with stone dressings and has a slate roof with moulded brick stacks.
The ground floor is adorned with rusticated brick pilasters on the corners that support a bracketed stone entablature. The first floor has pilaster strips that carry a cornice and a parapet with ramped ends, which support stone urns. The centerpiece above the entrance displays a medallion featuring the arms of the order, accompanied by the motto 'Amicitia amor et veritas', carved by H Ems from Cheltenham. Above this is a shell pediment topped with an urn. The windows are architraved sash types with bracketed sills, and there is a recessed round-arched entrance with wrought iron gables. Additionally, there is an arched entrance to No 2 at the east end.
Local climate
No 2 and Former Oddfellows Hall receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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 — 9 transactions since 2005
- 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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