Cliffdene Keswick House

SU 67 NW PANGBOURNE SHOOTER'S HILL (south side)

2/38 No.37 (Keswick House), And No.39 (Cliffdene)

G.V. II

2 Houses. Dated 1896 in left-hand gable. Red brick with some gauged window heads, planted timbers and shaped tile hanging. Tile roof. Irregular plan. 2 storeys and attic. Large gabled dormer off-centre to right with arched window and decorated barge boards, dormer off-centre to left with central gable, and semi dormer off-centre to left with 6-light casement and swan necked pediment. Main elements include projecting gabled wing off-centre to left with mullioned and transomed window on each floor. Central timber porch with French casements behind and balcony above. Projecting gabled porch off-centre to right with 4-light first floor window with arch over centre 2-lights, and door with circular glazed panel set back beneath. Octagonal corner turret to right with mullioned and transomed windows on each floor and separate pyramidal roof with finial. Wing set back to left with ground floor circular window and hoodmould, and door with circular glazed panel. This is one of a group of houses sometimes known as 'The Seven Deadly Sins'. Included for group value. B.O.E, Berks, p.192; Betjeman and Piper, Murray, 1949. p.137.

Listing NGR: SU6291576870