Telephone Exchange is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 July 1973. Telephone exchange. 17 related planning applications.
Telephone Exchange
- WRENN ID
- tilted-merlon-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 July 1973
- Type
- Telephone exchange
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Telephone Exchange, located at Minster Street, was built around 1900 and designed by architect Leonard Aloysius Stokes, who aimed to create a distinct British architectural style free from historical revivals. The building is three stories tall, constructed of red brick with stone dressings in a simplified Georgian style, and features a concealed roof. It is five bays wide, with the end bays slightly projecting. On the right side, there is a door with a cornice and a lunette window above it, while the left side has a similarly treated window. The central three bays are divided by chamfered piers that support a cornice at the second floor level. Each floor has large windows, with six windows on the second floor, and single sash windows in the breaks.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 17 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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