Description

SU 8284 -8384 HURLEY HIGH STREET
(east side, off)

17/12 Undercroft in the garden of Hurley
Lodge, about 50 metres north of house

GV II

Undercroft to the former Ladye Place. C16. Brick with stone dressings. L-plan of 4 x 2
bays, partly underground, the top overgrown with foliage. A small closet opens out on
the south, at the end opposite to the foot of the L. The main chamber has 4 bays and
is divided by square brick piers, placed centrally east-west, from the abaci of which
spring groined brick vaults. In the south wall are two, 3-light square-headed windows
with moulded stone mullions and jambs; in the west wall of the projecting wing and the
east wall of the closet there are similar single-light windows. The entrance is from
the north, but the undercroft may have originally extended further to the north over
this area. Semi-derelict at time of resurvey.

V.C.H. Vol.III. p.153. B.O.E. (Berkshire) p.157.

Listing NGR: SU8263784036

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26411054

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