62-66 London Street is a Grade II listed building in the Reading local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. Terraced house. 4 related planning applications.
62-66 London Street
- WRENN ID
- pitched-brick-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reading
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1978
- Type
- Terraced house
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are a group of terraced townhouses, now converted into flats, built around the early 19th century in a neoclassical style. The southern terraced house, currently numbers 62-64, was rebuilt in the early 20th century. Further alterations occurred in 2004 as part of the flat conversion.
The east elevation of number 66 is constructed of ashlar Bath Stone. Numbers 62-64 have a red brick east elevation in a stretcher bond pattern, with Bath Stone dressings. The rear elevations are also of red brick, and the roofs are covered with slate.
The buildings comprise two former terraced houses, now converted. Numbers 62-64 are four storeys high, while number 66 is three storeys high with an additional attic storey.
The red brick, street-facing east elevation of numbers 62-64 is five bays wide. The ground floor features a four-panelled door with a lattice-leaded transom light, set within a neoclassical doorcase with Doric pilasters supporting an entablature and moulded cornice. To the right of the entrance are four bays of two-over-two plate glass sash windows with rubbed brick voussoirs. A lead string course separates the ground floor from the first. The upper three storeys have matching two-over-two sashes and rubbed brick voussoirs. A heavily moulded Bath Stone cornice and brick parapet tops the elevation.
The east elevation of number 66, built of Bath Stone, is four bays wide and three storeys high, with a mansard roof to the attic. The ground floor has a tall six-over-six sash window, a six-panelled door with a transom light within a neoclassical doorcase featuring Doric pilasters, entablature, and moulded cornice, and two more six-over-six sashes. A stone band course marks the cill level of the first-floor windows. The first floor has tall six-over-six sashes set into architraves with entablatures, while the second floor has squat three-over-six sashes set into simpler architraves. Above the second floor is an entablature, heavy moulded cornice, and stone parapet with a stone coping. The mansard roof is slate-covered with three-over-six sash dormer windows.
At the rear, numbers 62 to 66 are united by a single, stretcher-bond red brick elevation with uPVC top-hung windows within brick lintels.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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