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Latitude: 51.4313 / 51°25'52"N
Longitude: -0.7046 / 0°42'16"W
OS Eastings: 490150
OS Northings: 171054
OS Grid: SU901710
Mapcode National: GBR D7Q.8NX
Mapcode Global: VHDX4.Q9W2
Plus Code: 9C3XC7JW+G5
Entry Name: Somerton House
Listing Date: 20 December 1972
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1390450
English Heritage Legacy ID: 489437
ID on this website: 101390450
Location: Winkfield Row, Bracknell Forest, Berkshire, RG42
County: Bracknell Forest
Civil Parish: Winkfield
Traditional County: Berkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Berkshire
Church of England Parish: Winkfield
Church of England Diocese: Oxford
Tagged with: House
WINKFIELD
SU97SW FOREST ROAD
674-1/13/238 (North side)
20/12/72 Somerton House
II
Large house. Early C18, re-fronted and extended early C19.
MATERIALS: painted render, slate, hipped roof.
PLAN: former central staircase plan of 3 bays now extended on
north and east.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attics, with plinth, cornice and
parapet. 3 flat roof dormers. 3 chimneys with corniced heads
and clay pots. Sash windows with glazing bars, recessed in
plain reveals. Entrance front, south, 3-bay window, slightly
projecting section of early house with prostyle Doric porch in
centre, with half-glazed door. 2-bay extension on right. C20
wooden conservatory on left of 6-bays with hipped, glazed
roof.
INTERIOR: dog-leg staircase with wreathed handrail and bobbin
balusters. Decorative plaster ceiling over staircase and
landing, enriched with guilloche ornament. C18 marble
chimneypieces in dining room, sitting room and study.
Chimneypiece in the dining room has console brackets to
moulded cornice, frieze with black marble panels flanking
carved centre panel. Chimneypiece in sitting room has beaded
surround and frieze with paterae corner blocks and plain
mantel shelf. Chimneypiece in study has moulded mantel shelf
and frieze carved with scroll and floral decoration, supported
by 2 pilasters with female heads.
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