FOXHILL HOUSE
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1136050
- Date first listed:
- 19-Sep-1983
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 04-Aug-2000
- Statutory Address:
- FOXHILL HOUSE, WHITEKNIGHTS PARK
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- FOXHILL HOUSE, WHITEKNIGHTS PARK
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wokingham (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Earley
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 73628 72333
Details
EARLEY
SU77SW
1921/4/6
19-SEP-83
WHITEKNIGHTS PARK
WHITEKNIGHTS PARK
Foxhill House
(Formerly listed as:
WHITEKNIGHTS PARK
WHITEKNIGHTS PARK
Foxhill (formerly listed in the parish of Shinfield))
II*
Large house in landscape surround, now students hall of residence. 1868
by Alfred Waterhouse and built for himself. Red brick, diaper patterning
and with much cut brick moulding, plain and fish scale tile roof with
cresting, irregular large chimneys with offset heads, one gabled semi-
dormer right of centre, one half hipped semi-dormer left of centre.
High Victorian Gothic style.
2 storeys and attics. Irregular fenestration; all sashes without glazing
bars. Main features of entrance front. 3 gable projections one to left
which is also gabled on re-entry, one centre at right, one in centre
with stained and traceried window to staircase; enclosed gabled entrance
porch with buttresses and moulded arch to right of staircase projection.
Garden front:- similar style with gable to left, 4 bays lean to verandah
and large conservatory to right. Interior: 3-flight staircase in entrance
hall with arched balusters, carved panels and moulded handrail; stained glass stair window. Large hooded fireplace on clustered columns with carved capitals in hall. Attic stairs with elaborate balustrade and arcade to landing. Panelled principal ground floor rooms with chimneypieces. Panelled first floor chamber with coved ceiling. Billiard room with lantern light. Glazed conservatory.
B.O.E. (Berkshire) p.203.
Listing NGR: SU7362872333
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 41437
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Berkshire, (1966), 203
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
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