39 and 41, Eastern Avenue
39 and 41 (White House chiropractic surgery), Eastern Avenue
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Overview
SU 77 SW
17/610
READING
EASTERN AVENUE (East Side)
Nos 39 and 41 (White House chiropractic surgery)
Pair of semi-detached houses, no. 41 now surgery with flat above. 1845 (deeds) with C20 additions. Stuccoed brick, Welsh slate roof - two storeys, three bays with lower, set-back, side bays and an added lower bay to either end; rear range added 1923. Main range: narrow vertical recess divides properties; sashes with glazing bars in raised surrounds with ends of cills breaking forward on brackets; entrances at either end have internal porches with pilasters supporting entablature, narrow round-arched openings in return walls (no. 41's with Art Noveau glazing) and, inside, two steps up to door of four flush panels under overlight with glazing bars (porch of no. 39 has black and white marbled floor); hipped oversailing roof with central, brick, cross-ridge stack. Side wings have a sash on each floor, of 12 panes to ground floor and nine unequally-hung panes to first floor; roofs have hipped ends and brick stacks to rear. Additions to either side have monopitched roofs, the left one blind the right one with C20 1st floor oculus.
Interior: no.39 has panelled double-door between front and rear ground-floor rooms and open-string stair with moulding below treads, decorative newel and curtail to handrail.
Listing NGR: SU7336672781
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1248720
- Date first listed:
- 25-Aug-1987
- List Entry Name:
- 39 and 41, Eastern Avenue
- Statutory Address:
- 39 and 41 (White House chiropractic surgery), Eastern Avenue
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1248720
- Date first listed:
- 25-Aug-1987
- List Entry Name:
- 39 and 41, Eastern Avenue
- Statutory Address 1:
- 39 and 41 (White House chiropractic surgery), Eastern Avenue
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- 39 and 41 (White House chiropractic surgery), Eastern Avenue
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Reading (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 73366 72781
Summary
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 8 January 2026 to correct a typo in the description and to reformat the text to current standards
SU 77 SW
17/610
READING
EASTERN AVENUE (East Side)
Nos 39 and 41 (White House chiropractic surgery)
Pair of semi-detached houses, no. 41 now surgery with flat above. 1845 (deeds) with C20 additions. Stuccoed brick, Welsh slate roof - two storeys, three bays with lower, set-back, side bays and an added lower bay to either end; rear range added 1923. Main range: narrow vertical recess divides properties; sashes with glazing bars in raised surrounds with ends of cills breaking forward on brackets; entrances at either end have internal porches with pilasters supporting entablature, narrow round-arched openings in return walls (no. 41's with Art Noveau glazing) and, inside, two steps up to door of four flush panels under overlight with glazing bars (porch of no. 39 has black and white marbled floor); hipped oversailing roof with central, brick, cross-ridge stack. Side wings have a sash on each floor, of 12 panes to ground floor and nine unequally-hung panes to first floor; roofs have hipped ends and brick stacks to rear. Additions to either side have monopitched roofs, the left one blind the right one with C20 1st floor oculus.
Interior: no.39 has panelled double-door between front and rear ground-floor rooms and open-string stair with moulding below treads, decorative newel and curtail to handrail.
Listing NGR: SU7336672781
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 8 January 2026 to correct a typo in the description and to reformat the text to current standards
SU 77 SW
17/610
READING
EASTERN AVENUE (East Side)
Nos 39 and 41 (White House chiropractic surgery)
Pair of semi-detached houses, no. 41 now surgery with flat above. 1845 (deeds) with C20 additions. Stuccoed brick, Welsh slate roof - two storeys, three bays with lower, set-back, side bays and an added lower bay to either end; rear range added 1923. Main range: narrow vertical recess divides properties; sashes with glazing bars in raised surrounds with ends of cills breaking forward on brackets; entrances at either end have internal porches with pilasters supporting entablature, narrow round-arched openings in return walls (no. 41's with Art Noveau glazing) and, inside, two steps up to door of four flush panels under overlight with glazing bars (porch of no. 39 has black and white marbled floor); hipped oversailing roof with central, brick, cross-ridge stack. Side wings have a sash on each floor, of 12 panes to ground floor and nine unequally-hung panes to first floor; roofs have hipped ends and brick stacks to rear. Additions to either side have monopitched roofs, the left one blind the right one with C20 1st floor oculus.
Interior: no.39 has panelled double-door between front and rear ground-floor rooms and open-string stair with moulding below treads, decorative newel and curtail to handrail.
Listing NGR: SU7336672781
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 39278
- 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.
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