W.A.D.E. Day Centre is a Grade II* listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1951. A Late C16 Day centre. 7 related planning applications.
W.A.D.E. Day Centre
- WRENN ID
- drifting-kitchen-vetch
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wokingham
- Constituency
- Wokingham MP: Clive Jones (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 November 1951
- Type
- Day centre
- Address
- W.A.D.E. Day Centre, 40, Reading Road, RG41 1EH
- OS grid reference
- SU 806 688
- Coordinates
- 51.41325, -0.84127
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
W.A.D.E. Day Centre is a large house that now serves as a day centre for the elderly. It dates from the late 16th century and has been altered in the 18th century, extended in the 19th century, and further altered and extended in the late 20th century. The building features a combination of timber framing with brick infill, brickwork, and painted render, topped with irregular old tile gabled roofs. Originally L-shaped, it has become irregular in shape with a double gabled front that is positioned at right angles to the road. The structure has parts that are one storey and parts that are two storeys with attics. There is one chimney on the west side with three grouped shafts and clay pots, and another chimney on the east side that breaks the eaves.
On the west front, there are two gables, with the left one being larger. The timber frame is exposed on both gables, although much of the left side has been replaced. Each gable features a tripartite window with glazing bars at the first floor, with casements in between. The right-hand gable has two sash windows with glazing bars and architrave frames at the ground floor, along with French casements to the left. The left side includes a rendered and painted 19th-century extension with a gable facing the road.
The east front is irregular and gabled, featuring sash windows with glazing bars and a 20th-century projecting gabled closed entrance porch, positioned roughly in the centre. Inside, there is a late 16th-century framed newel stair with six flights, turned balusters, a moulded handrail, square newels, and a dentilled string, along with a panelled dado.
Local climate
W.A.D.E. Day Centre 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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