Nss Newsagent is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1984. Shop.

Nss Newsagent

WRENN ID
standing-tallow-ebony
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wokingham
Constituency
Wokingham MP: Clive Jones (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 May 1984
Type
Shop
Address
Nss Newsagent, 4 and 6, London Road, Twyford
OS grid reference
SU 788 760
Coordinates
51.47751, -0.86642
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos. 4 and 6, known as N.S.S. Newsagent, is a house that has been converted into a shop and office. The front dates from the 18th century and is part of an older building that was altered in the 20th century. It features painted stucco and an old tile gabled roof. The building is two storeys high and has a small dentilled cornice and a plain parapet, with a chimney located on the rear slope to the right. The upper floor has three bays of sash windows with glazing bars, all set within architrave surrounds. The ground floor has a 20th-century shop front and door.

Local climate

Nss Newsagent 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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