Description

WARGRAVE CRAZIES HILL
SU 78 SE
(west side)
The Crazies
1/31
26.1.67
II
House. Early C20 with C18 porticoes and windows from Henley Town Hall
built 1790, incorporated. Stucco, cornice, parapet to hipped slate roof,
central arcaded octagonal cupola with dome and wrought iron weathervane.
2 storeys. South east front : 2 storye pedimented Doric portico with bulls
eye in tympanum; ground floor has 4 Doric columns supporting plain frieze
and cornice on heavy modillions, entrance door flanked by one sash window
with glazing bars each side; first floor has similar columns with stone
balustrading between, forming a recessed balcony with 3 bays; sash windows
with glazing bars behind, and entablature with triglyph frieze. The
entablature and pediment are wood. The portico has one bay on either
side and flanking angular bays on return faces with sash windows and
glazing bars. South west front: has a similar 2 storey portico in
centre but without triglyph frieze and pediment, and with similar
balustrading between upper columns. Included for the remains of
old Henley Town Hall. B.O.E. (Berkshire) p.258.

Listing NGR: SU7980080799

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26605186

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas