Cottage in Garden Adjoining No 40 Reading Road on South West is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1969. Cottage.
Cottage in Garden Adjoining No 40 Reading Road on South West
- WRENN ID
- drifting-garret-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wokingham
- Constituency
- Wokingham MP: Clive Jones (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 October 1969
- Type
- Cottage
- OS grid reference
- SU 806 688
- Coordinates
- 51.4131, -0.8414
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This cottage, located in the garden adjoining No. 40 Reading Road, dates from the late 16th century and was altered in the late 19th century. It features a timber frame with brick infill and an old tile gabled roof. The building has a rectangular plan consisting of three framed bays and is 1½ storeys high. There is one central chimney on the ridge, along with two tall chimneys at the rear. The east front includes a large garage opening on the left, a planked entrance door in the center, and two small window openings at the upper level to the right of the center.
Local climate
Cottage in Garden Adjoining No 40 Reading Road on South West 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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