Description

BRACKNELL

SU86NE CROWTHORNE ROAD, Old Bracknell
674-1/15/125 (South East side)
20/12/72 Old Bracknell House

II

Includes: Old Bracknell House OLD BRACKNELL LANE EAST.
Large detached house, now offices. Early C18, altered early
C19 and extended c1879 and mid C20.
PLAN: rectangular plan, originally of 4 cells, now irregular
with extensions to north-east and south-west.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, attics and cellars. North-west (entrance)
front C18 section: painted brickwork in header bond with first
floor platband and slightly projecting central bay. Old tiled
roof. 5 windows. Central early C19 semicircular Doric porch to
part-glazed entrance door with stained glass side lights and
elliptical spiders web pattern fanlight. Segmental arched 6/6
unhorned recessed sashes, central first floor sash tripartite
with pilaster jambs and mullions. Parapet. To left, later,
similar style set back extension with sash on ground floor and
C20 single light window to left.
1879 projecting right hand extension: brick with mostly tile
hung first floor, having fish scale patterning, and half
timbered gables; all painted. Gabled old tiled roofs with
bargeboards, crested ridge tiles, terracotta finials and tall
enriched chimney stacks. 3 sashes to north-west front. Right
hand return 2 storey, 4-light bay window, ground floor with
transoms and mullions and penthouse roof, first floor fretwork
apron and penthouse roof. Garden front right hand bays first
floor half timbered with fretwork frieze. Round arched, margin
glazed stair window.
INTERIOR: retains many features including open string stair
with moulded tread ends, turned balusters and large square
newel with panelled insets and ball finial, chimneypieces,
doors, cornices, window surrounds and shutters. First floor
tripartite sash.
1879 extension has colonette doorcases to linenfold panelled
doors, colonette window surrounds and matching chimneypiece
with carved sunflower niche overmantle. Some stained glass to
windows.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26669733

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