The Crazies is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1967. House. 7 related planning applications.
The Crazies
- WRENN ID
- scattered-jade-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wokingham
- Constituency
- Wokingham MP: Clive Jones (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Crazies, Wargrave
- OS grid reference
- SU 798 807
- Coordinates
- 51.52049, -0.85123
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Crazies is a house located in Wargrave, built in the early 20th century, featuring elements from the 18th century, including porticoes and windows sourced from Henley Town Hall, which was constructed in 1790. The building is finished in stucco and has a cornice and parapet above a hipped slate roof. At the center, there is an octagonal cupola with an arcade and a dome topped with a wrought iron weathervane.
The southeast front showcases a two-storey Doric portico with a pediment that includes a bulls-eye in the tympanum. The ground floor features four Doric columns that support a plain frieze and cornice, adorned with heavy modillions. The entrance door is flanked by a sash window with glazing bars on either side. The first floor mirrors this design with similar columns and stone balustrading that creates a recessed balcony with three bays, behind which are sash windows with glazing bars and an entablature featuring a triglyph frieze. Both the entablature and pediment are made of wood.
On either side of the portico, there is one bay, along with flanking angular bays that contain sash windows with glazing bars. The southwest front also has a similar two-storey portico in the center, but it lacks the triglyph frieze and pediment, while maintaining similar balustrading between the upper columns. The building is notable for its incorporation of elements from the old Henley Town Hall.
Local climate
The Crazies sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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
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- 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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