Description

SU 67 NW PANGBOURNE PANGBOURNE ROAD
(south side)

2/42 The Junior School,
Pangbourne College

II*

House, now school. 1901, by Arnold Mitchell in a vernacular revival style.
Red brick ground floor with some stone dressings, and dentil cornice to
weathered shaped-tile hung first floor. Plain tile roof in 2 ridges, higher
to rear at right. 3 stacks to rear of front left ridge, 3 stacks to rear of
rear right ridge, and stack in service wing to right. Gabled dormer in centre
of rear range. 1½ storeys. 2 returned gables in left-hand block; that to left
jettied on brackets at eaves with canted bay below, and that to right asymmetrically jettied on brackets at eaves with canted bay below. 2 storey canted bay with bracketed gable over in right-hand block. 2 storey square bay in re-entrant angle between blocks with glazing on both floors. Leaded light casements throughout.Central arched entrance in left hand block. Bracketed gable end to left with composite square and round bay window. Asymmetrical gabled
facade to rear with main entrance. Interior: entrance hall; inglenook with tiles, mirrors, and embossed leatherwork above; staircase with square balusters diminishing in size, and painted plaster friezes. Billard room; panelled with Ionic columns supporting segmental vault with Gimson-like floral decoration. This is a remarkably complete and unaltered Arts and Crafts house, inside and out. B.O.E, Berkshire, p.192; Berkshire Architectural Guide, Betjeman and Piper, Murray, 1949, p.105 and p.137.

Listing NGR: SU6155776054

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• The Junior School, Pangbourne College at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17553208

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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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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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)