The Oval

ST JOHN'S ROAD 1. 5128 No 14 (The Oval) SU 7273 7/234 II 2. Early C19, 2 storey detached villa, a former farmhouse. Red brick with silver grey brick headers. Toothed brick cornice. Wide eaves to low pitched slate roof. A symmetrical 'T'-plan design carefully aligned so that the south end closes the vista along Princes Street from the Reading Hospital with a full height bow (1 window, French casement on ground floor). North front faces down St John's street; 3 bays, glazing bar sash windows and central 6 panel door in recessed arch with fanlight. Garden surrounded by cast iron mushroom capped rails (see George V Memorial Gardens, Eldon Square) on stone plinths; the rails are only to south.

Listing NGR: SU7234973146