Lake House and Attached Front Wall, Royal Military Academy
LAKE HOUSE AND ATTACHED FRONT WALL, ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY, LONDON ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1390370
- Date first listed:
- 20-Dec-1972
- List Entry Name:
- Lake House and Attached Front Wall, Royal Military Academy
- Statutory Address:
- LAKE HOUSE AND ATTACHED FRONT WALL, ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY, LONDON ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1390370
- Date first listed:
- 20-Dec-1972
- List Entry Name:
- Lake House and Attached Front Wall, Royal Military Academy
- Statutory Address 1:
- LAKE HOUSE AND ATTACHED FRONT WALL, ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY, LONDON 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:
- LAKE HOUSE AND ATTACHED FRONT WALL, ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY, LONDON ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Bracknell Forest (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Sandhurst
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 86018 61107
Details
SANDHURST
SU86SE LONDON ROAD
674-1/18/167 (North West side)
20/12/72 Lake House and attached front wall,
Royal Military Academy
GV II
Officer's house. Dated 1810, by John Sanders, architect to the
Barrack Department.
MATERIALS: Painted render with ridge and front lateral stacks
and slate hipped roof.
PLAN: double depth plan.
STYLE: late Georgian style.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and basement, 3-window range. Square plan
with matching 3-window sides, moulded first floor cill band,
cornice and parapet. Entrance front has steps, with wrought
iron rail to left and ramped, coped wall to right, up to left
hand porch with moulded coping, narrow flat headed doorway
with overlight and 6-panel door, and iron overthrow lantern,
to right shallow single storey section projects with 3 narrow
lights. Ground floor windows have architraves with cornices,
first floor windows have eared architraves, to recessed
6/6-pane sashes, blind window above the porch, with 2 reeded
lead hoppers to the right inscribed G III R/1810.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached basement area wall extends along
left hand return, with corner moulded cast iron lamp base.
HISTORY: with Oakgrove House (qv), one of a pair of matching
lodges. Built for the Medical Officer, and part of a fine
group with the Old College (qv).
(Country Life: Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst: London:
1969-: 1662).
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 489353
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Country Life in Country Life, (1969), 1662
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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