16 River Gardens, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8BX
About 16 River Gardens
16 River Gardens is a three-bedroom detached house in Purley On Thames, Reading, Reading (RG8 8BX). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1098 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2021) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include notable views.
2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 102 m² it's 27.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (140 m² median across 17 EPCs). Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 76% of similar EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£710/sq ft) was about 140% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2022 for £780,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- Notable viewsYes
Building
- Central heatingYes
- Solar panelsYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Feb 2023TreesIn report
T25 - Oak - 5.5m reduction to secondary scaffold forks
- Council
- 41
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/00309/5DAY
- May 2017Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 - Oak - Reduce crown to previous pollard/reduction points, selectively leaving suitable re-growth,Thin the remaining crown by 15% including the removal of deadwood.
- Council
- 41
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- 17/01092/TPW
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£763,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£780,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
5 June 2022Most recent
£780,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in RG8 8BX: £710,000 (2025–2019).
Nearby sales in RG8 8BX
3 River Gardens, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8BX
Sold Jun 2025
£450,00012 River Gardens, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8BX
Sold May 2024
£310,0007 River Gardens, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8BX
Sold Nov 2022
£950,00026 River Gardens, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8BX
Sold Feb 2021
£710,00025 River Gardens, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8BX
Sold Jun 2019
£1,010,000
Versus other River Gardens homes
On price per m², 16 River Gardens stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£7,647
Street avg £5,136
Floor Area
102 m²
Street avg 147 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.4 t/year
Street avg 4.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Chestnut Grove — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Purley CofE Primary School. 12 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.4dB








