CAVERSHAM GROVE (NOW HIGHDOWN SCHOOL, EMMER GREEN) HIGHDOWN SCHOOL
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II
List Entry Number: 1157071
Date first listed: 14-Dec-1978
Statutory Address: CAVERSHAM GROVE (NOW HIGHDOWN SCHOOL, EMMER GREEN), SURLEY ROW
Statutory Address: HIGHDOWN SCHOOL, SURLEY ROW
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Location
Statutory Address: CAVERSHAM GROVE (NOW HIGHDOWN SCHOOL, EMMER GREEN), SURLEY ROW
Statutory Address: HIGHDOWN SCHOOL, SURLEY ROW
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
District: Reading (Unitary Authority)
National Grid Reference: SU 71232 76358
Summary
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
SURLEY ROW
1.
5128
(West Side)
Caversham Grove
(Now Highdown School,
Emmer Green)
SU 7176 5/287
II GV
2.
C18, altered and extended 1878-80 by Richard Norman Shaw in Queen Anne style.
The main (older) part: 2 storeys and attic over segmental-headed windows.
Red brick with stucco string at 1st floor level, flanking brick piers with
rusticated bands. Stone moulded eaves cornice. 5 bays, glazing bar sashes
with bracket cills centre 1st floor blind. Door and porch in centre probably
by Norman Shaw, with moulded cornice and eared rubbed brick entrance. Tiled
hipped roof with gabled dormers (part of Norman Shaw's work). Interior: richly
panelled and with lavish plaster enrichments to ceilings (again probably by
Norman Shaw). Stone staircase in central well with richly carved eared doorways,
panelling and bold modillion cornice. The 1878-80 extensions by Norman Shaw
almost, double the house in size. 2 storeys. Red brick. Queen Anne style.
with fine garden front to south with loggia, interior decorated in 'Adam' style.
Irregular plan with 2 storey gatehouse to stable yard projecting to east.
Casement windows with glazing bars. The Norman Shaw work is important as an
early example of his Queen Anne revival and some of the interior details in
the original (early C18) house are very faithful replicas of that period.
Listing NGR: SU7123276358
Legacy
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Legacy System number: 39200
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