Description

SU 46NE GREENHAM GREENHAM

7/24 Greenham Lodge
9.9.69
GV II*

House, now officers' club and accommodation. 1879-83. Norman Shaw. Red brick
with stone dressings and some half timbering. Plinth, string course above
first floor, coped parapet and gables, and tiled roof in 2 ranges. 7 stacks,
with 2 end stacks to right consisting of 3 octagonal shafts with moulded
tops and bases. Elizabethan style, probably inspired by Shaw House. E-plan.
2 storeys and attic. Mullioned and transomed windows with leaded lights and
flat hood moulds. Projecting gabled wings to left and right with 2 large
20-light windows in each and paired 6-light windows in attic above. Central
gabled porch rising to parapet. Four-centered arched footway with Ionic
pilasters to each side supporting open triangular pediment and 2-light
window in tympanum with shell above. Paired 6-light windows above on first
floor and two 3-light windows in gable. Paired 8-light windows on first floor
to right and left of porch and 8-light windows in gables above. 2 and 3
storey service wing extending down slope to left. Interior: Central screens
passage with double-height panelled hall to right. Large fireplace overmantel
on columns with embossed and gilded leatherwork and wind direction indicator.
Dog-leg staircase to left rising to gallery above screens passage overlooking
hall. First floor corridor to north with oriel windows overlooking hall.
Other ground floor rooms include the library with large inglenook fireplace,
drawing room, business room and panelled dining room. Several chimney-pieces
have patterned ceramic tiles designed by William de Morgan and made by
Carter's pottery of Poole. Landscaped grounds with lake to south-east.This
building is important in terms of its planning in the development of the
C19 English country house. B.O.E.Berkshire, p,149; Murray's Architectural
Guide, Betjeman and Piper, 1949, pp.104-105.Richard Norman Shaw, A.Saint,
1976. p.422. The Gentleman's country house and its plan 1835-1914,
J.Franklin, Routledge and Kegan Paul, pp.164-167, 207 and 261.

Listing NGR: SU4898765615

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17553318

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)