Headmaster'S Lodge

The Headmaster's Lodge, originally known as Penrhyn Lodge, was built in 1840 for Reading School at the junction of King's Road and Queen's Road by architect Henry Briant. It was moved to Craven Road, likely in 1878, with alterations by architect Joshua Greenaway. This asymmetrical detached villa is two storeys high and constructed of coursed dressed stone. It features three bays with mullion and transom windows that have hoodmoulds. The slate roof is adorned with lozenge bands. Corbels support a parapet that rises into three gables; the left gable projects forward, the central gable is smaller and includes a badge and a projecting gabled porch with stop-chamfered shafted corners, while the right gable has a parapetted angled bay. There is a lower two-storey extension with a gabled return on the left. The south front showcases an oriel window on a grotesque corbel and has head stops on the right-hand window of the first floor. Steps lead up to the east entrance, topped with a carved eagle.