Description

1. SCHOOL TERRACE
5128
Newton School
SU 7273 7/565
SU 7373 8/565
II
2.
Board school type. Circa 1874. Architect J Morris probably. One of the better
examples in Reading. 2 buildings - 1½ and 2 storeys in gabled Gothic - derived
style. Red brick with rounded cill and label strings, latter raised over 1st
floor window arches. Toothed eaves. Lighter brick bands and yellow brick
patterning in tympana over windows. Tiled roof with crested ridges and toothed
verges 3 and 4 light windows in moulded surrounds. Outer bays in both blocks
are gabled breaks. Left hand building has tumbled brick in chimneys and retrains
of school belfry; also a number of straight headed lancets. Right hand building
has large 3 bay gable over pointed entrance of several moulded orders. Faces
School Terrace (same date, by same architect). A pleasant group both in Newtown
and from the train.

Listing NGR: SU7303973643

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26450762

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