Description

1. NORTHBROOK STREET
5127
Nos 91 and 92
SU 4767 SW 6/170

II* GV

2.
Circa 1740 house, style of James Clarke of Newbury (Master Builder),
probably for a member of the Head family. Three storeys. Seven bays. Hipped
tiled roof. Red brick with rubbed dressings. Tuscan pilasters rise through
1st and 2nd floors carrying entablature. Parapet with pilaster strips and
ramped-up at ends. Gauged segmental arched sash windows with exposed boxing, flush frames and glazing bars; blind alternate 2nd floor windows. Modern
shop fronts. Lead rainwater head on north return is dated 1774. Two storey
wing at rear with brick cornice and tile-hung gable.
(Trans. Newburyfield Club V, 228; Berks. Arch. Town 47 (1943) 53-4).

Listing NGR: SU4707867262

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17552985

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)