The Reading Rooms, 71 Church View, Holywood, County Down, BT18 9LN is a Grade D1 Record Only listed building in the Ards and North Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.

The Reading Rooms, 71 Church View, Holywood, County Down, BT18 9LN

WRENN ID
noble-mantel-cedar
Grade
D1 Record Only
Local Planning Authority
Ards and North Down
Constituency
North Down MP: Alex Easton (Ind)
Country
Northern Ireland
Address
The Reading Rooms, 71 Church View, Holywood, County Down, BT18 9LN, BT18 9LN
Irish grid reference
J 397 788
Coordinates
54.63873, -5.83658
Source
NI Environment Agency listing

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Description

The Reading Rooms is an asymmetrical, three-bay, two-storey former house dating back to the nineteenth century. It is situated at Church View in the town centre of Holywood. The building’s setting has been affected by the presence of an adjoining two-storey modern house to the east. The building is not considered to have special architectural or historical interest within the wider area. The listing is a record only and based on a partial survey.

Local climate

The Reading Rooms, 71 Church View, Holywood, County Down, BT18 9LN sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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