Greenhouse and Adjoining Wall Approximately 50 Metres to North West of Aldermaston Court is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1983. Greenhouse.
Greenhouse and Adjoining Wall Approximately 50 Metres to North West of Aldermaston Court
- WRENN ID
- scattered-eave-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1983
- Type
- Greenhouse
- OS grid reference
- SU 596 648
- Coordinates
- 51.38, -1.14484
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The greenhouse and adjoining wall, located approximately 50 meters to the north-west of Aldermaston Court, date from the mid-19th century. The structure features a cast iron and glass design set on a low brick wall, with an additional brick wall at the rear. It has a two-span roof adorned with ridge cresting and trefoil panels in the gable ends. The greenhouse is one storey high and consists of five bays, supported by columns with moulded bases and capitals. The columns feature four-centered arched panels with quatrefoils in the spandrels and glazing bars with small diamond panels at the intersections. There is a four-centered arch on the south-west side that includes two doors. Inside, there is a central five-bay arcade of columns with moulded bases and capitals. The wall to the south-west is approximately 40 meters long and 3 meters high.
Local climate
Greenhouse and Adjoining Wall Approximately 50 Metres to North West of Aldermaston Court 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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