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HER Number	MWB20240
Record Type	Building
Name	92-94 Shaw Road, Newbury (former Reading Room)

Grid Reference	SU 477 679
Map Sheet	SU46NE
Parish	Newbury, West Berkshire
Map:	Show location on Streetmap

Summary

Unlisted building, documented as a village reading room at the end of the 19th century

Monument Type(s):

READING ROOM (Late 19th century to Early to Mid 20th century - 1877 AD (post) to 1938 AD (post))
SEMI DETACHED HOUSE (Modern - 1901 AD to 2050 AD)

Full Description

The former Reading Room in Shaw village is shown as a building on the First Edition Ordnance Survey mapping of 1880-81 <1>, but not labelled as such until the Second Epoch of 1899 <2>. It is unclear whether it was originally constructed as a reading room.

According to one source <3>, the Woodspeen East Reading Rooms were located between Hutton Close and Shaw Bridge, and the first meeting was held on 20 September 1872. The rooms were part of a working men's club.

92 and 94 Shaw Road is a two storey building with red brick walls, a tiled roof and sash windows <4>. It is marked as a Reading Room on the Second <2> to Fourth Edition (1933-4) maps <5>, after which time it had been divided into two dwellings <6>.

Sources and further reading

<01>	Landmark. 1880-81. Digital OS Mapping Epoch 1, 1:500 - Newbury Town Plan. Digital. 1:500. Marked but not named. [Map / SWB146990]
<02>	Landmark. 1899-1900. Digital Ordnance Survey Mapping Epoch 2, 1:2500 (25 inch). Digital. 1:2500. Marked 'Reading Room'. [Map / SWB14455]
<03>	Young, N. 2015. Newbury 365. p. 213. [Monograph / SWB149295]
<04>	2001-. Google Earth Aerial Photographs and Street View Imagery. Aerial Photo. [Photograph / SWB147297]
<05>	Ordnance Survey. c. 1930. Ordnance Survey Epoch 4. Marked 'Reading Room'. [Map / SWB14664]
<06>	Ordnance Survey. 1962-1981. Ordnance Survey Epoch 5, 1:2500. 1:2500. Marked '92' and '94'. [Map / SWB14665]

Related Monuments

MWB15846

SHAW VILLAGE - general location (Place)

Associated Excavations and Fieldwork

None recorded

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