Shire Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 July 1973. Building. 13 related planning applications.
Shire Hall
- WRENN ID
- tired-keep-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 July 1973
- Type
- Building
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
THE FORBURY 1. 5128 Shire Hall SU 7173 NE 1/305 26.7.73. II GV 2. 1904-11, by Warwick and Hall. Queen Anne style. Red brick with, Portland channelled ground floor and occasional quoins. Painted modillion cornice. Slate roof with balustraded top and panelled corner chimneys. 3 storeys, attic and basement. 5 bays, casements with glazing bars, eared architraves on 2nd floor, on 1st floor centre 3 segmental headed windows with open segmental pediment and keys, outer ones have bolection surrounds and keys. Modified Doric projecting portico in antis to ground floor extending across side windows, a pair of columns in centre and 2 more each side. Steps to entrance with round headed doorway with flanking niches. Altar-type cast iron lamp standards on flanking walls of steps. Wide dormer with cornice broken round it. Interior: groin vaulted hall.
Listing NGR: SU7184273540
Detailed Attributes
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