GREAT WESTERN HOUSE
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II
List Entry Number: 1113591
Date first listed: 26-Jul-1973
Date of most recent amendment: 14-Dec-1978
Statutory Address: GREAT WESTERN HOUSE, STATION ROAD
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Location
Statutory Address: GREAT WESTERN HOUSE, STATION ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
District: Reading (Unitary Authority)
National Grid Reference: SU 71524 73692
Details
STATION ROAD
1.
5128
(East Side)
Great Western House
(Formerly listed as
Former Great Western
Hotel)
SU 7173 NE 1/582 26.7.73.
II
2.
One of the 1st Railway Hotels in Britain. 1844 Italianate. 3 storeys and
basement. Stucco with rusticated quoins. Ground floor channelled. 5x3 bays
divided by pilasters supporting an entablature and boldly projecting modillion
cornice. Glazing bar sash windows with architraves. Balustraded balcony, frieze
and cornice to 1st floor windows, centre with pediment. 2nd floor windows
with bracket cornice. Central projecting portico with full Doric order and
paired columns. 2 bay canted extension to right in matching style. North
front has central bowed 3 light bay with cornice over on ground floor. High
panelled parapet over cornice. Later 4 storey extension to left with carriage
entry. Moulded coping to parapet. 2+1 bays. Modern extension to south. Similarities with Royal Station Hotel at Slough suggest I K Brunel as architect or one of his assistants. Balustraded area to street with heavy balusters. Curved to station approach corner.
Listing NGR: SU7152473692
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number: 39193
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.
End of official listing