Description

BRAY BRAYWICK ROAD
SU 87 NE
(west side)
9/15 Braywick
25.3.55 Braywick House
(formerly listed as Braywick House
with Laundry Block)
II*

Large country house with laundry block, now offices. C17 and C18, main front dated 1675. Altered
and refurbished 1984. Brick, part painted brick; mansard roof with Cumberland stone slates.
Originally rectangular central staircase plan; later laundry block adjoining on north west,
extension on south west. 2 storeys and attics, former laundry block one storey, part 2 storey. 3
large chimneys with clay pots in main part. South east front: probably former entrance front.
Symmetrical. 7 bays. Moulded brick plinth and string to first floor. Carved wooden cornice.
Sash windows with glazing bars, in moulded architraves with stone cills. Recessed centre section
of 3 bays and 2 pedimented dormers, middle bay has windows with moulded, eared architraves. Outer
sections each end of 2 bays and one similar dormer each. A lead rainwater pipe in each return angle
with lead hopper with the inscription
P
16 75
WM
South west front: right hand part similar to south east front but 5 bays and with C20 distyle
Doric porch approached by 3 concrete steps; 6-fielded panel moulded door in moulded architrave in
second bay from left. Left hand part of 3 bays has plinth, plat band and moulded cornice at a
higher level. Windows have moulded architrave frames, those on ground floor with floating moulded
cornices. Former laundry block: 5 bay front. Fourth bay of 2 storeys with attic is gabled with
an open pediment and with occulus in tympanum; a square sash window at first floor and a Venetian
window on ground floor. Bellcote on ridge with ogee roof, ball finial and weathervane. One-bay
single-storey part to right and 3 bays similar to left, all with round-headed sash windows with
glazing bars. Adjoining to the left of the former stable block is a 3 bay section of the house
with old sash windows with wide glazing bars; gauged brick arches scalloped on the bottom edge.
Windows on the ground floor have floating moulded cornices. Interior: Conference room on left of
entrance hall has plaster ceiling enriched with scrolled floral and leaf ornament; guilloche
ornament in centre panel. Moulded and dentilled cornice with honeysuckle and acanthus leaf
ornament, triglyph and ball flower frieze. Two 6-panelled doors, one disused, lead to entrance
hall having panelling mild and enriched with bead and reel ornament which is repeated on the
window shutters. Doors have moulded architraves and moulded dentilled cornices. Front office on
right of entrance hall has thin Rococo plasterwork on walls and ceiling. Geometrical staircase
with curved metal balusters and wreathed handrail.
B.O.E. (Berkshire), p.101.

Listing NGR: SU8938479289

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Braywick House at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17547157

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Recommended Books

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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair