47, Shooter'S Hill

SU 67 NW PANGBOURNE SHOOTER'S HILL (south side) 2/33 No.47

G.V. II

House. Circa 1890, in a free Queen Anne Revival style. Red brick with some gauged window heads, and stone dressings. Tile roof. Irregular plan. 2 storeys and attic. Parapeted gable ends, and 3 stacks. Main elements include: wing off-centre to left with shaped gable consisting of small triangular pedimented gable at apex supported by short sections of frieze and cornice with keyed circular window in tympanum, and curved parapets to short sections of frieze and cornice at feet with orb finials. 2 slightly projecting first floor windows to right with triangular pediments; 2 storey bay to left consisting of square ground floor with mullioned and transomed window and raking roof, and set back first floor with curved sides and central lead covered radial fanlight; recessed porch to right with set back half glazed door, flush C20 glazed sliding doors and shell niche hood above. Keyed circular ground floor window in left-hand return front. C20 first floor window set back to left and 2 storey square bay in left-hand shaped-gable end. 2 storey semi circular bow set back to right with mullioned and transomed windows, cornice, and first floor balcony with balustrade, supported on timber columns. Shaped gable end to right with orb finials at feet and segmental pediment at apex, segmental first floor window with central arched light and lead top, and ground floor square bay. This is one of a group of houses sometimes known as 'The Seven Deadly Sins'. B.O.E, Berkshire, p.192; Berkhire Architectural Guide, Betjeman and Piper, Murray, 1949, p.137.

Listing NGR: SU6273476950