Ashridge Farmhouse
ASHRIDGE FARMHOUSE, WARREN HOUSE ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1319183
- Date first listed:
- 12-Nov-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Ashridge Farmhouse
- Statutory Address:
- ASHRIDGE FARMHOUSE, WARREN HOUSE ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1319183
- Date first listed:
- 12-Nov-1951
- List Entry Name:
- Ashridge Farmhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- ASHRIDGE FARMHOUSE, WARREN HOUSE ROAD
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:
- ASHRIDGE FARMHOUSE, WARREN HOUSE ROAD
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 81376 69727
Details
WOKINGHAM WARREN HOUSE ROAD SU 86 NW (North side) 10/20 Ashridge Farmhouse 12.11.51 G.V. II* Farmhouse. Late C16, extended late C19. Timber framed, part tile-hung, part brick, part weatherboarded. Old tile cross gabled roof. Lobby entry, 4 cell plan, extensions on north east. 2 storeys, cellar and attics. Fine, large, central chimney with 4 octagonal brick shafts, moulded star shaped brick caps and weathered coping on square stack. Each gable has a 3-light leaded casement, diminishing in size on each floor, with a small opening light in centre top part. Road front:- double gabled with moulded bargeboards. Rendered ground floor, weatherboarded above. Projecting, closed, gabled porch in centre; rendered, and with the original, repaired planked door in a moulded frame which is a replica of the original which still exists behind in the former position. Small 3-light overlight. Interior:- virtually unaltered. Newel stair the whole height. Doors mostly original in heavy moulded and chamfered frames. Dining room:- chalk fireplace with Tudor arch in square head; former bread oven on right, small spice cupboard with original door and hinges on left. Drawing room:- chalk fireplace with flat head, moulded and carved with ball flower ornament. A date on the 2 jambs of 1575, and a date and inscription on the top reads '16RS.PS58RP.' spice cupboard with door on right. Chimney piece of fluted pilasters with panelled overmantel. Remainder of room has C17 panelling and moulded cornice. Stained glass in window facing south of 4 diamond leads with fleur-de-lys on each side pane; '1.P' in the top pane and '1576' in the bottom pane. Upper floors contain several original doors in moulded frames and fireplaces. B.O.E. (Berkshire) p.309.
Listing NGR: SU8137669727
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 41783
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Berkshire, (1966), 309
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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