Reading Room is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1982. Reading room. 3 related planning applications.

Reading Room

WRENN ID
scattered-bailey-vermeil
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Chesham and Amersham MP: Sarah Green (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 March 1982
Type
Reading room
Address
Reading Room, High Street, Chalfont St. Giles, HP8 4JH
OS grid reference
SU 990 934
Coordinates
51.63144, -0.57071
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Reading Room is a 17th century timber-framed building located on the north-west side of High Street in Chalfont St Giles. Originally converted from its earlier use as an Infants School, it was altered in the late 19th century to serve as a Reading Room. The building features timber-framed gables with brick infill, while the other elevations are constructed of brick. It has an old tile roof and the street front displays three gables along with a projecting gabled porch. The gables have false framing, and there is a window in the center gable with three-light casements on either side of the porch. The brick is painted, and the roof trusses are exposed internally. Additionally, a war memorial is attached to the front of the west bay.

Local climate

Reading Room sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% 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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