Description

BAKER STREET
1.
5128
No 55
SU 7073 12/14
II GV
2.
Circa 1840 and altered. 3 storeys, Stucco, band over ground floor, small
cornice and parapet with shallow central pediment. Slate roof. Glazing bar
sash windows, 1st floor with marginal glazing; 2 windows including flat segmental
bay window on 1st floor which has casements. Moulded architrave 1st floor
left with cornice, ground floor windows with raised surrounds, architraves
and cornices. Small arched door and a panel with 2 arched openings with radiating and wreathed fanlights on ground floor. A tablet on the wall says that this house was "Fox Talbot's Reading Establishment 1844-45". A pioneer photographer and associate of Fox Talbot's, Nicholas Henneman, lived here.

Listing NGR: SU7082373155

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26447614

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