Property data
Sale history
£700,000 on Oct 2018

*This price paid record has been flagged by Land Registry as a 'Category B: Additional Price Paid entry'. This could be due to a variety of reasons, such as the sale being a buy-to-let purchase, a repossession or a transfer to a limited company. When Land Registry suspects that a sale does not reflect full market value (e.g. part-ownership or right to buy), these transactions can be flagged as well. For this reason, we exclude them from our area statistics.

Internal area
207 square metres (2,228 square feet) according to latest EPC inspection
£ per square meter (foot)
£3,381 per sqm (£314 per sqft) in Oct 2018. For context, homes in Reading are now selling for between £3,740 and £4,820 per square metre (£347 and £447 per square foot) . See the analysis of Reading RG1-6 housing market.
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Bedrooms
3
Type
Detached
Council tax band
F
Plot size
760 square metres (8,181 square feet) - map showing freehold boundary lines
Planning applications
Planning ref:
May 2025 PL/25/0333
Type:
Discharge of conditions imposed on an existing application ; this application involves multiple dwellings
Status:
Status not known
Address:
4 DOWNSHIRE SQUARE, READING,
Description:
Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 4 (Hard and Soft Landscaping) of application 221576

Planning ref:
March 2025 PL/24/1533
Type:
Full and householder planning application ; this application involves multiple dwellings
Status:
Application withdrawn before a decision was taken
Address:
4 DOWNSHIRE SQUARE, READING,
Description:
The demolition of the single storey side extension, addition of a dwelling rear door to replace an existing window, creation of a new vehicular access and parking area to the north part of the wite, with vehicular turntable, replacement low brick wall and piers with metal railings and central front gate to house, including external and landscaping works, changes to the internal layout, including the addition of another bedroom.

Planning ref:
November 2024 PL/24/0291
Type:
Full and householder planning application ; this application involves multiple dwellings
Status:
Application withdrawn before a decision was taken
Address:
4 Downshire Square Reading
Description:
Part demolition of existing dwelling, first floor roof extension and subdivision into 2 dwellings, including altered access, landscaping and new front wall. Replacement garage with studio/workshop

Planning ref:
December 2023 231424
Type:
Unknown type
Status:
Application withdrawn before a decision was taken
Address:
4 Downshire Square Reading
Description:
Removal of existing garage and erection of new 2 storey dwelling

Planning ref:
November 2023 230941
Type:
All other types eg agricultural, electrical
Status:
Application refused
Address:
4 Downshire Square Reading
Description:
Part demolition of existing dwelling, first floor roof extension and subdivision into 2 dwellings, including altered access, landscaping and new front wall.

Planning ref:
March 2023 221576
Type:
Full and householder planning application ; this application involves multiple dwellings
Status:
Status not known
Address:
4 Downshire Square Reading
Description:
The demolition of the single storey side extension, relocation of the dwelling rear door, creation of a new vehicular access and parking area to the north part of the site, with vehicular turntable, existingvehicular access blocked up, replacement low brick wall and piers withmetal railings and central front gate to house, including external andlandscaping works.
EPC Inspections
Summary:
20 March 2018 - energy performance certificate grade F
Reason for EPC:
marketed sale
Tenure:
Owner-occupied
Property type:
Detached House , has 6 habitable rooms. Estimated year built 1900 to 1929
Area:
207 sqm (2,228 square foot) total internal area
Comments:
Walls: Cavity wall, filled cavity. Roof: Pitched, 100 mm loft insulation. Heating: Boiler and radiators, mains gas.