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STREATLEY HIGH STREET (north side)
SU 5980
10/13 Childe Court, The Maltings,
The Morrell Room, And The
Morrell Room Cottage
GV II
3 houses and village hall, formerly Maltings. Late C17, C18 with additions
and alterations in 1898 by W. Ravenscroft in a Domestic Revival style.
Childe Court. Southern block, south front: grey brick headers with red
dressings, gauged window heads, first floor wooden dentil eaves cornice to
patterned tile-hung first floor, part to right jettied with shaped
brackets. Wooden modillion eaves cornice to old tile roof with end
stacks. Sprocketted eaves carried in front of 2 large tile hung gabled
dormers to right with louvred openings, and around tile hung gable ends to
left and right. 2 storeys and attic. 2 first floor 6-light diamond leaded
mullioned and transomed windows to right, and diamond leaded cross window
to left; 2 ground floor diamond leaded canted bays to right with dentil
cornices and blind boxes, and diamond leaded cross window to left. One
leaded casement on each floor in gable end to west. Entrance to rear.
Northern block, west front: flint with brick dressings, first floor
jettied timber frame with herringbone brick nogging. 2 tile hung gables
each with louvred opening, and central stack in valley to rear. 2 storeys
and attic. Large first floor 8-light leaded mullioned and transomed
window to right, 3-light leaded casement to left flanked by 2 leaded casements.
Ground floor leaded cross window off-centre to left with small leaded casement
to right and half glazed door to left. The lialtinw, west front: flint with
brick dressings and timber framed second floor with herringbone brick
nogging. Wooden modillion eaves cornice to pyramidial tile roof with lead
ball finial, hipped louvred dormer on each face, and large stack to rear.
2 leaded cross windows on first and second floors, and 3-light ground
floor leaded casement. Morrell Room, west front: flint with brick dressings.
Slate roof and central louvred cupola with dentil cornice, dome and finial
with weathervane. One storey. Six 2-light leaded casements beneath eaves,
2 half glazed doors to right, and two C20 half glazed doors to left under
third window from left. Morrell Room Lodge, west front: ground floor of
flint with brick dressings and patterned tile-hung jettied first floor with
moulded bressumer. Wooden modillion eaves cornice with sprocketted eaves
carried in front of tile hung gable end with louvred opening, and large
stack to right. First floor 4-light leaded casement, 2 small ground floor
casements to left, and half glazed door with leaded overlight to right.
B.O.E. (Berkshire), p. 230; The Builder, July 23, 1898.
Legacy
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Legacy System number:
397852
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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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