The Homestead is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 1977. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Homestead
- WRENN ID
- winding-slate-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wokingham
- Constituency
- Earley and Woodley MP: Yuan Yang (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 July 1977
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Homestead, 264, Hyde End Road, Shinfield, RG7 1DL
- OS grid reference
- SU 718 667
- Coordinates
- 51.39495, -0.96808
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 19th century house, extended in the late 20th century. It is constructed of brick with a hipped, tiled roof. The house has a rectangular plan with symmetrical chimneys. Key features include a plinth, brick dentil detailing, and offset eaves. The south front has a central gabled dormer window and three bays of sash windows with glazing bars and stone sills. The central entrance is a six-panelled door with an arched radiating fanlight, located within a brick arched opening set in a brick arched recess. To the left is a small, single-storey, 20th-century hipped, tiled extension with a second entrance door and sidelight.
Local climate
The Homestead 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 9 transactions since 1995
- 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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