Broad Oak is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. A C19 Convent.
Broad Oak
- WRENN ID
- eastward-tallow-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1978
- Type
- Convent
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
UPPER REDLANDS ROAD 1. 5128 Broad Oak SU 77 SW 17/588 II 2. Now incorporated in a Convent. Circa 1870-1890s. 2½ storeys, red brick with stone bands to plinth, ground floor lintel and 1st floor cill. Stone dressings and coped verges. Ball finials to kneelers. Asymetrical plan with 2 slight end gable breaks and a further gable to right. 5 bays in all : 2 storey bay to left triple lancat and oculus-type stair window left of centre. Thicker panel of masonry for arched entrance (with "Broad Oak' inscribed in relief on lintel). 3 snail foiled lights over. 2 right hand windows have mullion and transom windows. Tiled roof with Joseph Morris-type dormers :- 2 gables it triangular moulded verges and 2 lights. Interior: not outstanding. Tiled hall with staircase to left, unusual balustrade and pendants. Chimneypieces circa 1890 with pigeon-hole over mantels.
Listing NGR: SU7312272437
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