Description

WATLINGTON STREET
1.
5128
(West Side)
No 44 (Watlington House)
SU 7273 7/257 22.3.57.
II
2.
In 2 parts The western part built 1688 for Samuel and Anne Watlington, see
rainwaterheads: 1688
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The eastern part said to have been added 1763 (Probably earlier). The whole
is a rectangle of red and silver grey brick with a raised brick string at 1st
floor level. Moulded and bracketed wood eaves cornice. Hipped old tile roof,
brick end chimneys, dormered to west; valley roof with dormers facing valley.
East front: 2 storeys and attic with modillion eaves cornice. 2 large flanking
3-light windows, glazing bar sashes and 2 dormers. Central, possibly circa
1688, double doors each of 5 heavily moulded panels with moulded architrave
surround, frieze and cornice supported by flanking curved consoles and with
carved keystone. Cornice breaks forward over consoles. Single central 1st
floor window over. The west front: 2 storeys, attic and basement. 4 dormers
with moulded pediments and C18 casements. 4 ranges of C18 glazing bar sash
windows over 4 basement windows and central garden door with moulded architrave
surround in trellis porch and central half-landing stair window above it under
a moulded brick pediment. A single storey service wing to right. Original
mullion and transom windows on ground floor of north front. Interior: panelled
hall with 2 arch screen on fluted piers. Turned balusters to stairs (straight
string), double ramped nmhogazy dado rail and baluster rail, panelled. dado
(circa 1740 probably). Samuel Watlington was Mayor of Reading in 1695 and
in 1711.

Listing NGR: SU7224773167

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Watlington House at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7974738

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair