27 Castle Street

Late-C18 house, in use as a social club from the 1960s and later as a public house and then as apartments from around 2015.

MATERIALS: red brick and render under a clay tile roof.

PLAN: the house has an L-shaped plan, with two lower extensions to the rear and a later range.

EXTERIOR: the principal elevation is primarily of brick in Flemish bond and faces north on to Castle Street. It is of three storeys and five bays. The ground floor is rendered over a plinth. The entrance is offset to the right side and has a C20, six-panel door with rectangular fanlight, set within a moulded doorcase. The windows to the ground floor are late C20 timber sashes with six-over-six panes, surmounted by a C20 fascia board. The upper floors have horned sashes of six over six panes, under gauged brick arches. They are divided by a painted sign with the words The OLD READING BREWERY. To the right side there is a hanging sign 'BREWERY TAP' and to either side there are large, rainwater heads. The elevation is terminated by a brick dentil cornice and parapet. The hipped roof is largely hidden.

The later range to the rear has a small, shallow-pitched section with large pane glazing and a longer, linear section of brown brick in English bond with casement windows, under a pitched, slate roof.

This list entry was subject to a Minor Enhancement on 20 March 2024 to amend the description