The Gables
THE GABLES, READING ROAD
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1052183
- Date first listed:
- 20-Nov-1992
- List Entry Name:
- The Gables
- Statutory Address:
- THE GABLES, READING ROAD
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2004-02-29
- Reference:
- IOE01/10763/27
- Rights:
- © Mrs Pauline A. Jorgensen. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1052183
- Date first listed:
- 20-Nov-1992
- List Entry Name:
- The Gables
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE GABLES, READING ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE GABLES, READING ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- South Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Cholsey
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 59231 85183
Details
The following building shall be added:-
CHOLSEY READING ROAD SUSBNE 2/10001 The Gables GV II
Former station hotel/tavern. c1841, probably by I.K. Brunel for the Great Western Railway. Painted red brick with stone dressings. Slated roofs with 2 steeply pitched gables, having projecting eaves and bargeboards, to each facade; tall brick chimney stacks, 2 rising from ground floor through gables. Square plan with 2 bays to each facade. 2 storeys and attic. Main facade symmetrical with Tudor-arched entrance flanked by transom and mullion windows to ground and 1st floor; narrow vertically set window above entrance. Similar narrow windows to attic. Other facades in similar style with half glazed doors having intersecting tracery to glazing bars in Tudor arched doorways; platform elevation has remains of a canopy flanked by 2 canted bay windows. Interior retains staircase with turned newels and original panelled doors. This building is an early example of a station hotel; the platform, with only a simple shelter, was reached at the end of a sloping drive. It was originally named Wallingford Road, being-renamed Moulsford station in 1866 after the opening of the Wallingford Branch Line.
Listing NGR: SU5923185183
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 361499
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 11-Jun-2026 at 21:30:09.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.