MAIN BLOCK AND CHAPEL AT QUEEN ANNE'S SCHOOL
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1155905
- Date first listed:
- 14-Dec-1978
- Statutory Address:
- MAIN BLOCK AND CHAPEL AT QUEEN ANNE'S SCHOOL, HENLEY ROAD
Map
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- MAIN BLOCK AND CHAPEL AT QUEEN ANNE'S SCHOOL, HENLEY ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Reading (Unitary Authority)
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 71762 75116
Details
HENLEY ROAD
1.
5128
Main block and chapel
at Queen Anne's School
SU 7175 10/498
II
2.
'U' plan of Amersham Hall (1870s) by Alfred Waterhouse for Mr West retained.
Altered and extended by Joseph Morris 1893-1896 and again between the wars.
South front; symmetrical 2 1/2 and 3 storeys block, red brick with stone quoins
and dressings and occasional blue-black diapers. 5 bays. 4 gables, the 2
principal ones project and flank central gabled porch. Coped gables with
moulded kneelers and brick block cornice returns. Moulded string over ground
floor. Slate roof grooved chimneys at sides of gables. Mullioned casement
windows with stop chamfered reveals, brick relieving arches over. Caernavron
arch fanlight over door. Porch flanked by tall single light windows, 3 light
window over central blind window which contains monogram panel. [? EMM over
86 ? in leafy relief]. Secondary porch at angle of right hand bay and principal
right hand gable. Chapel added by Sir Reginald Bloomfield 1893 - red brick
with stone dressings and dividing buttresses. Slate roof with parapet to south.
3 bay aisled nave with chancel. Interior of school altered, but hall retains
Gothic fireplace and some heating fixtures.
Listing NGR: SU7176275116
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 38971
- 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