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| HER Number | MWB19967 |
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| Record Type | Building |
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| Name | The Well House and The Close, Yattendon (formerly the Reading Room) |
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Summary
Unlisted Victorian former village reading room, extended and in use as two private houses in the late 20th century
Associated Legal Designations or Protected Status
- Conservation Area: Yattendon
Monument Type(s):
- READING ROOM (Late 19th century to Early 20th century - 1877 AD to 1912 AD)
Full Description
The former Reading Room was built by Alfred Waterhouse in 1877 <3>. It is built in brick, the frontage having tile hung gables <3><11>. It is shown on the First Edition OS map of 1877 <8>, but not labelled as such until the Second and Third Edition OS maps of 1899 <1> and 1912 <9>, respectively. By the Fifth Edition map of 1980 it had been converted into a private house named The Close and extended at the back to the west <10>. A weatherboarded outbuilding to the north of the property had also been built by this time <10><11>.
A planning application was approved in 1984 to separate the building into two dwellings <12>. The Close occupies the former Reading Room in the southern part of the original building and the western extension. The Well House occupies the former Reading Room's caretaker's accommodation in the northern half of the original building.
Sources and further reading
| <01> | Landmark. 1899-1900. Digital Ordnance Survey Mapping Epoch 2, 1:2500 (25 inch). Digital. 1:2500. [Map / SWB14455] |
| <02> | Pevsner, N. 1966. The Buildings of England (Berkshire). p315. [Monograph / SWB10024] |
| <03> | Tyack, G, Bradley, S and Pevsner, N. 2010. The Buildings of England (Berkshire). p742. [Monograph / SWB147855] |
| <04> | Greenaway, R G. 2004. Yattendon for Vistors. p23. [Unpublished document / SWB13404] |
| <05> | Greenaway, D. 2007. Around the Valley of the Pang. p69. [Monograph / SWB147222] |
| <06> | Greenaway, D and Ward, D (ed). 2003. In the Valley of the Pang. p42. [Monograph / SWB14177] |
| <07> | Greenaway, R G. 2014. Yattendon for Vistors. p33, 46. [Unpublished document / SWB149452] |
| <08> | Landmark. 1872-85. Digital Ordnance Survey Mapping Epoch 1, 1:2500 (25 inch). Digital. 1:2500. [Map / SWB14341] |
| <09> | Landmark. 1912-24. Digital Ordnance Survey Mapping Epoch 3, 1:2500 (25 inch). Digital. 25 inches to a mile. [Map / SWB14456] |
| <10> | Ordnance Survey. 1962-1981. Ordnance Survey Epoch 5, 1:2500. 1:2500. [Map / SWB14665] |
| <11> | 2001-. Google Earth Aerial Photographs and Street View Imagery. Aerial Photo. [Photograph / SWB147297] |
| <12> | Newbury District Council. 1974-2000. Newbury District Council Planning Applications 1974-2000. Planning application 84/22470/ADD. [Index / SWB148104] |
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