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Name: 17-19 London Street, Reading, Berkshire
HER Number: 02114.35.000
Record Type: Monument

Grid Reference: SU 717 732
Administrative Area/Parish:Reading, Reading, Berkshire
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Summary

16th century house, demolished for the new Inner Distribution Road (IDR) in the 1980's.

Monument Type(s):

  • HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Description

A 16th century house mentioned in a survey of the parish in 1552 and described in a 1586 will. House five bays long, three storeys high above a partial cellar. Timber framed. Altered in Georgian period including new fronts and staircase. Demolished for the new I.D.R road in 1980's but previously recorded by Godwin Arnold (architect)<1>.


<1> The Ancient Monuments Society, 1982, 17-19 London Street Reading in Transactions of The Ancient Monuments Society, Pages 53-67 (Bibliographic reference). SRD12434.

Sources

<1>The Ancient Monuments Society. 1982. 17-19 London Street Reading in Transactions of The Ancient Monuments Society. Pages 53-67. [Bibliographic reference / SRD12434]

Associated Events:

  • None
  • Associated Monuments

    MRM16751London Street - Reading, Berkshire (Monument)
    MRD3963Post-medieval Reading, Berkshire (Monument)

    Associated Finds:

  • None