Description

WOKINGHAM THE TERRACE
SU 8068 NE
(North side)
Shute End
17/34 No.43 (Astwood House)
12.11.51
G.V. II
House. Early C18. Vitreous brick with red dressings, old tile gabled
roof. Central staircase plan. 2 storeys and basement. Flanking
chimneys, chamfered plinth. Moulded brick string at first floor level,
moulded brick eaves cornice. 3 bay front. Sash windows with glazing
bars, altered on ground floor. 6-panel central door with wreath
scroll knocker; 3-pane rectangular fanlight with delicate pattern
of circles. Door approached by flight of stone steps and landing at
right angles to front with wreathed iron handrail. Garage door to
right with casement over, set back to line of adjoining house, No.41
(listed separately 17/33). Interior:- 6 brick steps to basement
which has 2 brick vaults. Early Cl8 staircase, with stick balusters,
round moulded newels and plain handrail. Marble fireplace in dining
room. Queen strut roof with butt purlins, which may be earlier.

Listing NGR: SU8080468836

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26411491

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Recommended Books

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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6