Description

CHOLSEY READING ROAD
SU58NE
(East side)
2/89
Fair Mile Hospital
GV
II

Lunatic Asylum, now hospital. Dated 1870 to carved panel above main door, by
C.H. Howell, additions by G.T. Hind 1898, some C20 alterations and additions.
Red brick with some stone dressings and grey brick courses and diapering:
complex Welsh slate roof with lead ridges; various red brick stacks. Complex
symmetrical plan. 3-storey, 18-window range with towers. Panelled door to centre
with stone Tudor archway with carved trefoils to spandrels. 5-storey tower to
left with hipped roof. Stone mullion, and mullion and transom windows to centre
block. 4-pane sashes to wings. Interior not inspected.
(Buildings of England: Berkshire, p. 117).

Listing NGR: SU5975786005

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26311960

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Recommended Books

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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)