Description

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SU 8881 SE
4/41

MARLOW ROAD (east side)
No 4, Maidenhead Community Centre
Main building and two side wings of former Berkshire College of Art

(Formerly listed as Main building and two side wings of Berkshire College of Art, MARLOW ROAD)

29.9.80

II
1895 by E J Shrewsbury, built as a Technical School. Red brick with terracotta dressings. Welsh slate roofs. Symmetrical composition in Flemish Renaissance style. Main block of two storeys and basement, 4:3:4 windows. Taller projecting central three-bay section surmounted by raised attic with scrolled flanks and decorative pediment. Round-arched entrance in projecting porch with carved balcony over, having central pedimented name panel. Eaves cornices and window detailing in terracotta. Fancy glazed sash windows. Tall conjoined chimney shafts. One storey side wings have shaped gables with ball finials over lesenes.

The modern extension to the south wing is not of special interest.

Listing NGR: SU8853881346

External Links

• Wikidata Q26605415

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)