Girdlers is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1967. House. 6 related planning applications.

Girdlers

WRENN ID
hidden-string-myrtle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wokingham
Constituency
Wokingham MP: Clive Jones (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 January 1967
Type
House
Address
Girdlers, Basingstoke Road, Swallowfield, RG7 1PT
OS grid reference
SU 722 651
Coordinates
51.38084, -0.96356
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a house, dating from the late 16th century, with extensions added in the 17th century and a restoration and further extension in the mid-20th century. The house is constructed of timber framing with brick infill, and brick, with an old tile gabled roof. It has an irregular plan, presenting three gables to the southwest, and a large 20th-century extension to the northwest. The house is two storeys high with an attic. The chimneys have largely been rebuilt.

The southwest front features three gables. Each gable has a small leaded casement window in the attic. The first floor has a six-light leaded wooden mullioned and transomed window in each of the two right-hand gables and similar windows in the left-hand gable. The ground floor mirrors the first floor in the right-hand gables, and has two four-light windows in the left-hand gable. A 20th-century timber-framed porch with a door sits between the left and centre gables, with single leaded lights between the right-hand gable and the centre. The northeast front has rainwater heads made of cast lead, dated 1674.

Inside, a fine late 16th-century open newel staircase remains.

Local climate

Girdlers 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2004
  • Related listed building consents — 6 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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