West Court
- Date:
- 6 Apr 2003
- Location:
- West Court, Fishery Road, Maidenhead, Windsor And Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 1UN
- Reference:
- IOE01/10286/31
- Type:
- Photograph (Digital)
This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.
The following building shall be added SU 98 SW FISHERY ROAD (east side) 2/6 West Court
- II
Large house by the River Thames. 1899 by William West Nev for himself. Brick, past painted roughcast, part decorative tile hanging. Old tile hipped roof.
Rectangular plan with belvedere projecting from south-east corner. 2 storeys and attics. Several chimneys with offset heads and clay pots. Casement windows and mullioned and transomed windows, all with square leading. East front, facing river:- Irregular. Belvedere on left on 3 floor; the top floor on open balcony with wooden balustrading, under a steeply pitched octagonal roof surmounted by a weathervane. Centre section with 2 dormers, the one on the left has a flat roof and 6-light window; the one on the right has 2 gablets, glazed door to balcony, flanked by 4- and 3-light windows. Below this a 2-storey square bay window of 6-lights on each level, divided by an apron of false timbering in herring-bone pattern. A recessed balcony on first floor to the right of the bay window over a projecting window and garden door with lean-to roof. On the left of the bay window are 2 bays of large mullioned transomed windows separated by a brick panel with balconies and wrought iron tailings above. 2 pairs of glazed doors and flanking casement windows give access to balconies. On the left of this is a small covered terrace with wooden balustrading. On the right is a one bay gable with false timbering in apex. Large 6-light cant bay window on first floor.
6-light window below with pair of glazed doors in centre. West (entrance) front:- plainer, with entrance door on right in enclosed porch formed by continuation of roof slope from gable. Interior: mostly intact, with elaborate carved panelling and chimney piece in dining room.
This building was listed in error under the parish of Bray-List No. 21 dated 2 NMay 1989
Listing NGR: SU9009180580
This is part of the Series: IOE01/1606 IOE Records taken by Chris Pooley; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England
© Mr Chris Pooley. Source: Historic England Archive
This photograph was taken for the Images of England project
Photographer: Pooley, Chris
Rights Holder: Pooley, Chris
Brick, Roughcast, Tile, Victorian House, Monument (By Form), Domestic, Dwelling
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