Description

STATION ROAD
1.
5128
(East Side)
Great Western House
(Formerly listed as
Former Great Western
Hotel)
SU 7173 NE 1/582 26.7.73.
II
2.
One of the 1st Railway Hotels in Britain. 1844 Italianate. 3 storeys and
basement. Stucco with rusticated quoins. Ground floor channelled. 5x3 bays
divided by pilasters supporting an entablature and boldly projecting modillion
cornice. Glazing bar sash windows with architraves. Balustraded balcony, frieze
and cornice to 1st floor windows, centre with pediment. 2nd floor windows
with bracket cornice. Central projecting portico with full Doric order and
paired columns. 2 bay canted extension to right in matching style. North
front has central bowed 3 light bay with cornice over on ground floor. High
panelled parapet over cornice. Later 4 storey extension to left with carriage
entry. Moulded coping to parapet. 2+1 bays. Modern extension to south. Similarities with Royal Station Hotel at Slough suggest I K Brunel as architect or one of his assistants. Balustraded area to street with heavy balusters. Curved to station approach corner.

Listing NGR: SU7152473692

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Malmaison Hotel, Reading at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q6744346

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)