Reads Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the New Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1981. Cottage.
Reads Cottage
- WRENN ID
- swift-fireplace-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- New Forest
- Constituency
- New Forest West MP: Sir Desmond Swayne (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 January 1981
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Reads Cottage, Breamore
- OS grid reference
- SU 148 181
- Coordinates
- 50.9628, -1.78967
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Reads Cottage is a cottage that dates back to the 16th century and features a cruck frame. It was reclad in the 18th century and has larger timber-frame elements from the 17th century, along with early 19th and 20th-century features. The cottage has an exposed frame with brick infill, while the other walls are made of brickwork in Flemish bond with blue headers. The thatched roof is at two levels and includes an eyebrow dormer. The east front has one storey and an attic, with a total of 1.2 windows. The windows consist of sashes and metal casements. There is a 20th-century brick porch with a hipped tile roof.
Local climate
Reads Cottage receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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