Description

1. WHARF STREET
5127
No 5
(Formerly listed as offices of
Messrs Louch Belcher and Co)
SU 4767 SW 6/227 29.9.50

II*

2.
Early-mid C18 town house, style of James Clarke of Newbury (master builder). Three
storeys. Five windows. Red brick with dentil eaves cornice. Parapet with pilasters
on quoins and central round-arched recess. Plain plinth and floor bands. Early
C19 wooden doorcase with reeded pilasters and short sections of frieze carrying
projecting cornice; panelled door approached by steps. Good interior with panelled
entrance hall with fluted pilasters, and staircase with carved brackets, moulded
handrail and turned balusters. Old panelling in upper rooms. In the late C18
wing at the rear the 1st floor room has a good Corinthian Venetian window, 2 Adam-
style doorways and a moulded plaster frieze.
(Newbury Buildings Past and Present 50-51).

Listing NGR: SU4720867140

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17553008

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Recommended Books

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living