1, Northbrook Street is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 June 1959. Commercial. 8 related planning applications.

1, Northbrook Street

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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Berkshire
Country
England
Date first listed
10 June 1959
Type
Commercial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

  1. NORTHBROOK STREET 5127 (east side)

No 1 SU 4767 SW 6/138 10.6.59

II GV

  1. Late C18/early C19 (after 1791). Renovated 1979. Formed part of a bridge head development which included Nos 2 and 4 Bridge Street and No 104 Northbrook Street. Three storeys. Lower ground floor and central dormer. Three windows with splayed 1 window corner treatment. Hipped slate roof. Red brick. Cornice and blocking course. Gauged flat brick arched to recessed sash windows with glazing bars; 1st floor windows in arched recesses. Cast iron balcony at 1st floor level. Modern shop front. Splayed bay incorporates former bridge shelter of 1769-72 as shop window (see Bridge). Betjeman and Piper suggest that No 1 was the work of the distinguished local architect who designed Kimber's Almshouses, now demolished. (Berkshire Architectural Guide (1949) 136).

Listing NGR: SU4705467461

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