27 and 29, Rose Street is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1969. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
27 and 29, Rose Street
- WRENN ID
- over-keep-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wokingham
- Constituency
- Wokingham MP: Clive Jones (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 October 1969
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 27 and 29, Rose Street, RG40 1XS
- OS grid reference
- SU 813 687
- Coordinates
- 51.41169, -0.83153
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
27 and 29 Rose Street are two adjoining cottages that have been combined into one building. They date from the mid to late 15th century, with extensions added in the 17th century and alterations made in the late 18th century. The structure is timber framed and encased in painted old tiles, featuring a gabled roof. It has a U-plan with four framed bays, including two 17th-century framed bay extensions at the rear of No. 29 and one at the rear of No. 27, connected by a catslide roof. The building stands two storeys high, with one storey at the rear. No. 29 has a small chimney on the front roof slope, while No. 27 features a large raked chimney at the rear of its extension.
The front of the building has a projecting plinth and a plat band at the first-floor level. The ground floor is irregular, with three-light 19th-century casement windows that have segmental heads. There are three blocked windows on the first floor. The entrances include two 20th-century doors, one of which is partly glazed. Inside, much of the timber frame is visible on the first floor, showcasing jowled posts, arched braces, windbraces, and a queen post roof. There is an old window opening with shutter grooves in the former northeast gable of No. 27, and similar openings on the southeast sides of both cottages, now covered by the 17th-century extensions.
Local climate
27 and 29, Rose Street 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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