Paradise Cottage the Old Bakery is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1969. House. 1 related planning application.

Paradise Cottage the Old Bakery

WRENN ID
kindled-postern-saffron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wokingham
Constituency
Wokingham MP: Clive Jones (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 October 1969
Type
House
Address
Paradise Cottage the Old Bakery, 70, Rose Street, RG40 1XU
OS grid reference
SU 813 687
Coordinates
51.41212, -0.83109
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Paradise Cottage and The Old Bakery are a hall house, originally dating from the early 16th century, with later extensions from the 19th century and alterations in the mid-20th century. The building is constructed of brick and timber framing with brick infill, and has an old tile gabled roof. It is arranged in an L-shape, with the original central hall and a rear extension; it was formerly jettied on the road front, but is now underbuilt in brick. The building is two storeys high, with a ridge chimney to the right of centre.

The front elevation is irregular, with a moulded beam positioned below the first-floor windows, which is likely a repositioned beam from the former jetty. Number 68 has two 20th-century casement windows with glazing bars and a 20th-century panelled entrance door flanked by two fluted pilasters and a flat hood. Number 70 has two pairs of 20th-century 2-light casements on the first floor, and two 3-light casements on the ground floor, all with leaded glass. It also features a 20th-century panelled entrance door on the right, sheltered by a small tiled lean-to hood.

Internally, some timber framing is visible, including plain principal beams with large plain joists on the end framed bay of the ground floor in Number 70. Jowled posts and long arch braces are present on the first floor. The group value of this building lies in its representation of a well-preserved early timber-framed dwelling.

Local climate

Paradise Cottage the Old Bakery sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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