The Overhangs

THE OVERHANGS, 53, 55, 55A, 57, 59, PEACH STREET

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1303438
Date first listed:
12-Nov-1951
Statutory Address:
THE OVERHANGS, 53, 55, 55A, 57, 59, PEACH STREET
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1303438
Date first listed:
12-Nov-1951
Statutory Address 1:
THE OVERHANGS, 53, 55, 55A, 57, 59, PEACH STREET

Location

Statutory Address:
THE OVERHANGS, 53, 55, 55A, 57, 59, PEACH STREET

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

District:
Wokingham (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Wokingham
National Grid Reference:
SU 81458 68663

Details

WOKINGHAM PEACH STREET SU 8168 NW (South side) 18/75 Nos. 53, 55, 55A, 57, 59 (The Overhangs) 12.11.51 G.Y. II Row of cottages, now offices. Early C16, altered and extended mid C20. Timber framed, with painted render infill, underbuilt in brick; old tile gabled roof. Rectangular plan probably of 5 framed bays, jettied on north with C20 extensions at rear. 2 storeys. 2 ridge chimneys, one tall flanking chimney on left. 5 bay front with some frame visible. C20 casements with glazing bars on first floor, the one on left an earlier sliding casement. Similar on ground floor with C20 part glazed entrance doors, one pair on the left between first and second bays, second pair between third and fourth bays, and one on extreme right. Interior:- Some framing and jowled posts exposed. B.0.E. (Berkshire) p.309.

Listing NGR: SU8145868663

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41709
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Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Berkshire, (1966), 309

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