CASTLE HOUSES

CASTLE HOUSES, 46, 48 AND 50, OLD BATH ROAD

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Houses, now flats. Early C19 remodelling of group of C18 buildings. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1290919
Date first listed:: 29-Sep-1950
List Entry Name:: CASTLE HOUSES
Statutory Address:: CASTLE HOUSES, 46, 48 AND 50, OLD BATH ROAD

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1290919
Date first listed:: 29-Sep-1950
Date of most recent amendment:: 23-Feb-2010
List Entry Name:: CASTLE HOUSES
Statutory Address 1:: CASTLE HOUSES, 46, 48 AND 50, OLD BATH ROAD

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: CASTLE HOUSES, 46, 48 AND 50, OLD BATH ROAD

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Newbury
National Grid Reference:: SU 46407 67750

Details

65/1/14 OLD BATH ROAD 29-SEP-50 46, 48 AND 50 Castle Houses (Formerly listed as: BATH ROAD 36, 38 AND 40 CASTLE HOUSES) (Formerly listed as: BATH ROAD 20, 22 AND 24)

II Houses, now flats. Early C19 remodelling of group of C18 buildings.

MATERIALS: Stuccoed red brick, clay tile roofs.

EXTERIOR: The south front comprises, from E-W, Nos 46, 48 and 50 New Bath Road. Nos 46 and 48 are 3 storeys high, of 7 bays, with paired prostyle Doric porticoes, plus an eighth 2-storey bay to the W which appears to have been built as part of No 50, with which it shares a common roof; this has a full-height canted bay window. The E return of No 46 is of 3 bays, the northernmost of which is canted. Hipped roofs behind parapet. Recessed sash windows with glazing bars. No 46 also comprises a later 2-storey, 3-bay range to the N, not of special interest.

No 50 is 2 storeys high with 2 bays to the S and 3 to the W return, which has a pedimented Doric portico. Pitched roofs; parapet to S elevation, eaves to W return. Recessed sash windows with glazing bars.

INTERIORS: Not inspected.

HISTORY: The buildings have been known under various names, including Castle Houses and the Castle Inn. West Berkshire Historic Environment Record refers to sources suggesting that Castle House was built as a coaching inn in 1753-55. The buildings became a private girls' school in the C19.

SOURCES: West Berkshire Historic Environment Record MWB16733

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: Castle Houses, comprising 46, 48 and 50 Bath Road, are listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Architectural interest: as a substantial group of C18 buildings remodelled in the early C19.

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Legacy System number:: 394288
Legacy System:: LBS

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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.