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Latitude: 51.5113 / 51°30'40"N
Longitude: -1.1362 / 1°8'10"W
OS Eastings: 460040
OS Northings: 179504
OS Grid: SU600795
Mapcode National: GBR 926.7KK
Mapcode Global: VHCZ2.885S
Plus Code: 9C3WGV67+GG
Entry Name: The Grotto
Listing Date: 14 April 1967
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1290510
English Heritage Legacy ID: 395026
Location: Basildon, West Berkshire, RG8
County: West Berkshire
Civil Parish: Basildon
Traditional County: Berkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Berkshire
Church of England Parish: Basildon
Church of England Diocese: Oxford
SU 67 NW BASILDON READING ROAD (north-east side)
2/1 The Grotto
14.4.67
II
House, now college. Late C18 with C19 additions to rear. White painted
brick with plinth and plat bands. Coped parapets to hipped slate roofs,
lower over flanking wings, with truncated end stack to left, truncated
ridge stack off-centre to right, and stack to rear. Central block of 3
storeys and 3 bays, flanking projecting lower wings of 3 storeys and 2
bays, linked to central block by quadrant corners. Centre block: glazing
bar sashes with exposed wooden boxes and jalousies ground floor glazing
bar removed. C19 four-panelled door with overlight to far left. Left
hand wing: glazing bars sashes, 2 on second floor, and one to left on first
and ground floors. Glazing bar sash on ground and first floor of quadrant.
Right-hand wing: blank window to left on first and second floor, ground
floor blank window to right. Half glazed door to left, doorcase with
panelled reveals, attached Ionic columns supporting open triangular pediment
with eagle in tympanum. Interior: octagonal inner hall with niches and
delicate plasterwork. C18 fireplaces in ground floor rooms. B.O.E, Berkshire,
p.78.
Listing NGR: SU6004079504
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