WASING PLACE
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II
List Entry Number: 1155947
Date first listed: 10-Nov-1983
Statutory Address: WASING PLACE
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Location
Statutory Address: WASING PLACE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
District: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish: Wasing
National Grid Reference: SU 57714 64347
Summary
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
WASING WASING PARK
SU 56SE
6/16 Wasing Place
GV II
House. J. Hobcraft. 1770-3, rebuilt internally and slightly altered after fire.
South front: grey brick headers, stone quoins and window dressings, plat
bands at cill levels; large triangular pediment over centre 5 bays with stone
coping and circular window in tympanum, and parapet with stone coping. C20
stainless steel roof with 4 stacks. Palladian house with wings set back to right
and left, both reduced from 2 to one storey. 2 storeys and attic; 5 bays with
one bay wing to left and 3 bay wing to right, glazing bar sashes. 2 central half
glazed doors with architrave and plain rectangular fanlight; semi-circular ashlar
porch with 2 steps, 2 Doric columns and pilasters supporting entablature with
fluted frieze and paterae, and dentil cornice. North front: as south front but of
brown brick and circular window in tympanum of pediment with carved swags to right
and left. 13 steps with iron railings to central blocked doorway, now window, with
moulded architrave, and scrolled brackets supporting segmental pediment. Wings set
back to right and left, each with Venetian window. Interior: much rebuilt but
includes some re-used materials from Pendarpes Hall, Cornwall.B.O.E.Berkshire.p.259.
Listing NGR: SU5761864348
Legacy
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Legacy System number: 39661
Legacy System: LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Berkshire, (1966), 259
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 3 Berkshire,
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