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Latitude: 51.4515 / 51°27'5"N
Longitude: -0.968 / 0°58'4"W
OS Eastings: 471809
OS Northings: 173007
OS Grid: SU718730
Mapcode National: GBR QMH.N3
Mapcode Global: VHDWT.5SM4
Entry Name: 88, London Street
Listing Date: 14 December 1978
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1156203
English Heritage Legacy ID: 39051
Location: Reading, RG1
County: Reading
Electoral Ward/Division: Katesgrove
Built-Up Area: Reading
Traditional County: Berkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Berkshire
Church of England Parish: Reading St Giles
Church of England Diocese: Oxford
LONDON STREET
1.
5128
(West Side)
No 88
SU 7173 SE 3/180
II GV
2.
Early C18 to London Street, refronting earlier building. 2 storeys, attic
and basement. Brick. Old tiled roof hipped to left. 1 dormer. 2 windows
on 1st floor, segmental headed glazing bar sashes. Mid C19 shopfront on ground
floor: 3 pilaster strips and dentil cornice to fascia. Jettied 1st floor to
Church Street has dragon beam to front, the ground floor brick infill, 1st
floor rendered. Modern weatherboarding at rear. The interior has turned baluster
staircase, lower flight sliced in two, the cellar has a fragment of stone,
possibly mediaeval with a chevron carved on it. Evidence that the London Street
front was formerly jettied.
Listing NGR: SU7180973007
This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building.
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