Description

SU 67 SE READING OXFORD ROAD
(south side)
934/16/10016
Former sergeant's quarters,
Brock barracks

GV II

Sergeant's quarters. 1877, designed at the War Office by Major HC Seddon RE, supervising engineer Major Flint RE. Red brick with yellow brick bands, moulded brick heads and stone dressings; lateral stacks with square cluster shafts and truncated ridge stack, and tiled cross-gable roof. PLAN: double-depth plan. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 2:3-window range. An asymmetrical block with yellow sill bands and a moulded brick band below window heads, coped gables on moulded kneelers to the left and to the right-hand return, the former with a 2-centre arch over paired first-floor windows with patterned brick infi1l, and a doorway in the right-hand side; tall narrow windows with small-paned sashes and cambered heads. INTERIOR: not inspected. HISTORY: an example of a standard design for the Localisation depots. the Cardwell reforms redistributed barracks around the country to encourage local connections, and assist recruitment. Included as part of, with Bodmin, one of the most complete surviving depots. (Watson Colonel Sir HM: History of the Corps of Royal Engineers: Chatham: 1954-: 157-160).

Listing NGR: SU6927273622

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26656366

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)