Craigside

SU 67 NW PANGBOURNE SHOOTER'S HILL (south side) 2/32 No. 49 (Craigside) And No.51

G.V. II

2 houses. Circa 1890. Red brick with some gauged,window heads, and first floor planted timbers and tile banging. Tile roof with gablet to left. Irregular plan. 2 storeys and attic. Semi dormer to left with oriel window and hipped roof with lead finial, semi dormer off-centre to left with French casements and segmental pediment, dormer off-centre to left with 4-light casement and segmental pediment, and 4 stacks with arched panels. Main elements include: Projecting wing to right resting on ground floor timber columns and central curved bay, first floor mullioned and transomed oriel window, and patterned planted timbers in gable end with decorated barge boards. Loggia to left with half glazed door set back to right, two 2-light windows set back to left, and balcony above. Balcony off-centre to right with door below, and octagonal corner turret to right with mullioned and transomed window on each floor, pyrammidal roof and lead finial. These houses are part of a group sometimes known as 'The Seven Deadly Sins'. Included for group value. B.0.E, Berks, p.192; Berkshire Architectural Guide, Betjeman and Piper, Murray, 1949, p.137.

Listing NGR: SU6268676973