Former Service Block Adjoining Baylis House To North East

SU 98 SE SLOUGH STOKE POGES LANE (west side)

2/2 Former Service Block Adjoining Baylis House (q,v.)To North-east (formerly listed as Baylis House 29.9.50 and outbuildings)

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Service block, now part of management centre. Mid to late C18. Red brick with slate roof. 1 storey. Gauged brick cornice band, coped parapet, triangular pedimented gables to front and back over slightly projecting centre 3 bays with clock in each tympanum, parapeted gable ends with globe finials, 2 ridge stacks off-centre to left and right, large panelled stack in centre at rear, and central square timber arched cupola with incurved lead cap, globe finial, and weathervane. South-east front: 9 bays; glazing bar sashes. Quadrant arcade with 4 stone Taecan columns behind forecourt wall to left connecting service block with house. Interior: ground floor 8 bay groin vaulted corridor to south-east with store rooms off; double-height former kitchen to south-west with large fireplace. Clock in south-east pediment dated 1735 and building attributed to John James, but probably later. V.C.H. (Bucks), Vol.3, p.304; B.O.E. (Bucks), p.240; The History of Slough, Maxwell Fraser, Slough Corporation, 1973, p.145, The Story of Slough, Judith Hunter, Local Heritage Books, 1983, pp.47-8.

Listing NGR: SU9697280892