34 London Road

Date:: 10 Oct 1999

Location:: 34 London Road, Newbury, West Berkshire, Berkshire, RG14 1JX

Reference:: IOE01/00404/35

Type:: Photograph (Digital)

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Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

1. LONDON ROAD 5127 No 34 SU 4767 NW 4/106 29.9.50

II GV

2 Probably early C18, altered. Formerly the Manor House of Speenhamland. Two storeys and dormers. Double fronted with 5 windows. Tiled roof. Stucco front with moulded eaves cornice. Three flat-topped dormers, sashes with small panes. Early C19 fenestration with recessed sash windows with glazing bars; ground floor windows with sidelights. Modern prostyle portico with Tuscan columns and dentil cornice; panelled door. At rear, brick staircase projection flanked by 2 gabled wings, one being stuccoed the other in late brick. Interior with early C18 stair- case with closed string, newels and renewed balusters. The Willis map of 1768 shows this house as freestanding with elaborate formal gardens at the rear and an axial tree-lined avenue on the opposite side of London Road.

Listing NGR: SU4718867686

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1085 Ioe Records Taken By James A Irving; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project

People & Organisations

Photographer: Irving, James A

Rights Holder: Irving, James A

Keywords

Tile, Brick, Stucco, Stuart House, Georgian Monument (By Form), Domestic, Dwelling, Formal Garden, Gardens Parks And Urban Spaces, Garden, Tree Avenue, Avenue (Road), Manor House