The Poors House is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1984. Cottage. 7 related planning applications.
The Poors House
- WRENN ID
- kindled-flagstone-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wokingham
- Constituency
- Wokingham MP: Clive Jones (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 June 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Poors House, Part Lane, Swallowfield, RG7 1TB
- OS grid reference
- SU 730 639
- Coordinates
- 51.37023, -0.95159
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Poors House is an early 16th-century hall house, subsequently altered in the 17th and 20th centuries. It is now a cottage. The building is timber-framed with painted plaster infill and painted brick detailing; the west gable has a thatched roof, while the east end has a hip roof. The rectangular plan comprises two framed bays of the main hall, and a single bay forming a service and solar block at the east end. The house has one and a half storeys. A 17th-century chimney was rebuilt on the ridge at the east end of the hall, and an early 19th-century chimney is located on the west gable. The windows are irregular, consisting of one and two-light metal casements, with a south-facing entrance. The interior retains much of the timber frame visible to the roof. The building was formerly known as Loddon Cottage.
Local climate
The Poors House 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 — 1 transaction since 2021
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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