Description

WOKINGHAM WITHOUT HOLME GREEN
SU 86 NW
10/10 Holme Grange School
II
Large house, now a private school. 1883 by R. Norman Shaw in the Tudor
vernacular style. Brick, upper floor tile hung, tiled roof with several
gables and moulded bargeboards. Irregular plan. 2 storeys, several
large brick chimneys with offset heads, and some with fluted shafts.
Mullion and mullion and transome windows with leaded lights. Entrance
front:- central porch with 4-centred gothic arch, a large mullion
and transom window above. To the right are 2 oversailing gables.
On the left of the porch are 2, 4-light windows breaking eaves with
small hipped roofs, and to the left and at right angles to these are
2 gables of unequal pitch. Garden front:- irregular; the main
feature is a large projecting chimney stack with ribs and crow stepped,
coped sides above eaves level. To the left of it is a 2 storey canted
bay window with hipped roof. To right of chimney, and at right angles
is a large mullion and transome window, and gables recessed to right
of this. There is a gravelled terrace adjoining this front with a
brick retaining wall, a centre flight of 6 brick steps and small piers
leading down to wide lawns.

Listing NGR: SU8274067200

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26605222

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings