Description

SU 46NE SHAW CUM DONNINGTON OXFORD ROAD
(west side)

7/52 Donnington Hospital
6.6.52
GV II*

Almshouses. 1602, restored 1822. Brick with tiled roofs and 6 stacks with
4 and 2 shafts, oversailing tops and rectangular bases. Central courtyard.
1 storey and attic. C20 casements with leaded lights. Central porch with
coat of arms under returned hood mould in stone coped gable. Segmental
headed entrance with brick band under eaves returned down each side;
deep moulded eaves cornice carried across foot of gable. 4 windows to left
and 3 to right; all with shutters. Stacks to left and right with twin
shafts; 2 C20 dormers to left and one to right. Moulded eaves cornice,
carried across feet of gables to far left and right with casements above.
North and south fronts with 2 stacks and C20 dormers. Courtyard with
eaves supported on iron columns.
V.C.H.Vol.4. p.88. B.O.E.Berkshire p.l28. Murray's Berkshire Architectural
Guide, Betjeman and Piper.1949. P.141

Listing NGR: SU4656468593

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Donnington Hospital at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q5296712

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Recommended Books

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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)