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Latitude: 51.4115 / 51°24'41"N
Longitude: -0.8354 / 0°50'7"W
OS Eastings: 481094
OS Northings: 168695
OS Grid: SU810686
Mapcode National: GBR C6D.KLZ
Mapcode Global: VHDX2.GSQB
Plus Code: 9C3XC567+HV
Entry Name: Montague House and Attached Garden Walls
Listing Date: 12 November 1951
Last Amended: 22 March 1993
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1319160
English Heritage Legacy ID: 41642
ID on this website: 101319160
Location: Wokingham, Berkshire, RG40
County: Wokingham
Civil Parish: Wokingham
Built-Up Area: Wokingham
Traditional County: Berkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Berkshire
Church of England Parish: Wokingham
Church of England Diocese: Oxford
Tagged with: Architectural structure
WOKINGHAM BROAD STREET
SU 8168 NW (North side)
No 31 (Montague House)
and attached garden
walls
Formerly listed as:
(North side)
18/10 No 31 (Montague House)
12.11.51
GV II*
Large town house, now library and adult education centre. Mid C18, refronted
and extended early C19, altered and extended mid C20. Brick, low pitched
slate roof. Rectangular centre block with projecting flanking wings; former
service wing at rear on left and C20 library rear extension at rear on
right. 3 storeys and brick vaulted cellars. Symmetrical 3 bay front
including projecting wings of one bay each. Stone string at first floor
cill level, wide eaves on pairs of plain brackets. Sash windows with glazing
bars; half glazed central door in arched, panelled reveal, narrow reeded
architrave, and fanlight of circular pattern. The ground floor windows of
wings are arched in a brick recess. Symmetrical 3 storey side wings set
back, with parapets, coped and with a deep stone fascia aligning with
stone string on main section and with one storey projections aligning
with face of projecting wings. The left hand has a blocked window, and
the right half a 6-panel secondary door with a 3-pane rectangular fanlight,
each with a crested keystone. Interior:- contains an Imperial staircase
to first floor, with stick balusters and wreathed handrails. The building is set well back from the road and to the rear has original garden walls to the former C18 terraced garden. B.O.E. (Berkshire) p.309.
Listing NGR: SU8109468695
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