The Court and Forecourt Walls to North
THE COURT AND FORECOURT WALLS TO NORTH, WOOLHAMPTON HILL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1319514
- Date first listed:
- 10-Nov-1983
- List Entry Name:
- The Court and Forecourt Walls to North
- Statutory Address:
- THE COURT AND FORECOURT WALLS TO NORTH, WOOLHAMPTON HILL
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1319514
- Date first listed:
- 10-Nov-1983
- List Entry Name:
- The Court and Forecourt Walls to North
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE COURT AND FORECOURT WALLS TO NORTH, WOOLHAMPTON HILL
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:
- THE COURT AND FORECOURT WALLS TO NORTH, WOOLHAMPTON HILL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Woolhampton
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 57474 67324
Details
WOOLHAMPTON WOOLHAMPTON HILL SU 56 NE (West side) 3/24 The Court And Fore- court Walls To North
GV II
House. Dated 1908, by Sir Mervyn Macartney in a Free Artisan Mannerist Style. Red brick with string course, brick quoins and gauged window heads with alter- nating projecting voussoirs and keystones: moulded brick eaves cornice to tiled roof. 2 projecting wings with large shaped gables, 2 central hipped dormers with casements and 4 asymmetrically placed rusticated stacks with cornices. Irregular plan with service wing to east. 2 storeys and attic. 5 bays. Leaded cross windows, centre bay recessed with first floor 8-light mullioned and transomed window. Central porch with parapet and 2 obelisks, rubbed brick arch with keystone, and rusticated Doric pilasters supporting segmental pediment. 2 storey wing to left of 2 bays with cross windows. Service wing to far left of 2 storeys with hipped tile roof, tile hung first floor, 2 gables and 2 stacks. 2 storey, 2 bay wing to right with cross windows and central stack with plaque consisting of open triangular pediment with M.G.W.E. and date in tympanum. Low brick forecourt walls with wrought iron railings, rusticated brick piers with ball finials. South front: cross windows with aprons. Central projection has 2 shaped gables with stone sundial between. 3 first floor windows and 3 ground floor windows. 2 storey hipped canted bay set back to left, 2 storey hipped canted bay set back to right, with one window on each floor to its right. 2 storey service wing to right with tile hung first floor, first floor casements, 4 ground floor casements and loggia to left with 2 columns. West front:: hipped dormer to right: projection to left with shaped gable and 2-storey canted bay rising to cornice, with parapet. First floor cross window to right: glazed loggia beneath with Tuscan columns. Interior: plan and some interior fittings remain, including fireplaces. BOE, Berkshire, p.312.
Listing NGR: SU5747467324
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 39697
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Berkshire, (1966), 312
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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