Description

MEDMENHAM HENLEY ROAD
SU 88 SW
(WITTINGTON)
8/154 Boat House 170m to S.E. of
Wittington
-
- II
Boat house. Circa 1900. By Sir Reginald Blomfield for Hudson
Ewbanke Kearley. Red brick with stone band course and chamfered
quoins, moulded wooden eaves cornice with modillions, pyramid
roof of Westmorland slate with missing wooden finial. Brick chimney
on S.W. side with moulded stone cap, and stone keyblock to
arched recessed panel. Rectangular building with 2 small rooms and
balcony over boathouse. N.W. side has gauged head over doorway to
upper part, and boarded window. S.W. side has steps down to boat
house. S.E. side, facing River Thames, has gauged brick arch to
boat-house with keyblock breaking into band course. Balcony with
rendered parpaet above. Giving onto balcony is room with row of
4 3-pane sashes and central doorway. Some sashes have glazing bars
missing; doorway has wooden semi-circular arch with keyblock and
panelled spandrels. Interior of this room has small corner fireplace
and moulded cornice. Kitchen fireplace in rear room.

Listing NGR: SU8224984308

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26418547

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)