38 and 40, The Mount
38 and 40, The Mount, Reading, RG1 5HL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1321967
- Date first listed:
- 14-Dec-1978
- List Entry Name:
- 38 and 40, The Mount
- Statutory Address:
- 38 and 40, The Mount, Reading, RG1 5HL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1321967
- Date first listed:
- 14-Dec-1978
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 16-May-1979
- List Entry Name:
- 38 and 40, The Mount
- Statutory Address 1:
- 38 and 40, The Mount, Reading, RG1 5HL
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:
- 38 and 40, The Mount, Reading, RG1 5HL
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 72521 72154
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 21 January 2026 to reformat the text to current standards.
SU 7272
9/436
THE MOUNT
Nos 38 and 40
(Formerly listed as Nos 38 and 40, The Mount, CHRISTCHURCH ROAD (North Side)
GV
II
Circa 1876. Two storey pair, similar position to Nos 2 and 4. Gault brick with paler bands at cill and lintel levels. Modillion eaves cornice to hipped slate roof, four end chimneys. Four windows on first floor with moulded brick chevron arches, outer canted bays on ground floor with cogged brick cornice and stone stop-moulded lintels. Marginally glazed sash windows. Paired central four-panel half glazed doors with rectangular overlights and arched entrances in heavy bracketed hood with cogged brick cornice. Linked to No 57 Christchurch Road by garden entrances - a pair of gables breaking short length of wall with moulded cope. Railings, standards retained.
Listing NGR: SU7252172154
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 38847
- 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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