Lodge to Meteorological Office is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1987. Lodge. 2 related planning applications.
Lodge to Meteorological Office
- WRENN ID
- tilted-screen-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wokingham
- Constituency
- Earley and Woodley MP: Yuan Yang (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 April 1987
- Type
- Lodge
- Address
- Lodge to Meteorological Office, Shinfield Road, RG2 9AX
- OS grid reference
- SU 730 693
- Coordinates
- 51.41885, -0.95051
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lodge to the Meteorological Office is a building that originally dates from the late 18th century and was extended in the 19th century, with alterations made in the 20th century. It is constructed of rendered brick and features a hipped slate roof. The building has a rectangular plan and includes a 19th-century service wing on the south side. It stands two storeys tall and has three chimneys that are irregularly spaced on the roof.
The east front of the Lodge has a narrow cornice supported by pairs of cut brackets. It features five bays of sash windows, with the ground floor windows lacking glazing bars. The central entrance consists of a six-panelled door topped by an arched radiating and weathered fanlight, which is sheltered by a 19th-century Doric porch supported by pairs of columns and an entablature.
Local climate
Lodge to Meteorological Office receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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