43 Castle Street

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

CASTLE STREET 1.

5128 (South Side) No 43 SU 7173 SW 2/61 22.3.57.

II GV 2.

Late C18. 2 storeys and attic. Red brick with painted moulded brick dentilled cornice and parapet. Slate roof with shaped gable ends to front ridge. 3 dormers with moulded surrounds and semi-circular heads. 5 ranges of glazing bar sash windows. Central 6 panel door in arched recess with panelled reveals and radiating cast-iron fanlight. Good projecting Doric portico with moulded open pediment and painted stone columns. Early Cl9 moulded spearhead rails to front.

Rear: 3 storeys and basement with central pedimented doorcase. Moulded and dentil brick cornice over 1st floor.

Interior: Elegant circa 1800 staircase to front. (Home of Dr Hurry, historian of Reading Abbey).

Listing NGR: SU7127073138

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1984 IOE Records taken by Richard Swynford-Lain; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Richard Swynford-Lain. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project