Former Sergeants Quarters, Brock Barracks

SU 67 SE READING OXFORD ROAD (south side) 934/16/10016 Former sergeant's quarters, Brock barracks

GV II

Sergeant's quarters. 1877, designed at the War Office by Major HC Seddon RE, supervising engineer Major Flint RE. Red brick with yellow brick bands, moulded brick heads and stone dressings; lateral stacks with square cluster shafts and truncated ridge stack, and tiled cross-gable roof. PLAN: double-depth plan. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 2:3-window range. An asymmetrical block with yellow sill bands and a moulded brick band below window heads, coped gables on moulded kneelers to the left and to the right-hand return, the former with a 2-centre arch over paired first-floor windows with patterned brick infi1l, and a doorway in the right-hand side; tall narrow windows with small-paned sashes and cambered heads. INTERIOR: not inspected. HISTORY: an example of a standard design for the Localisation depots. the Cardwell reforms redistributed barracks around the country to encourage local connections, and assist recruitment. Included as part of, with Bodmin, one of the most complete surviving depots. (Watson Colonel Sir HM: History of the Corps of Royal Engineers: Chatham: 1954-: 157-160).

Listing NGR: SU6927273622