Greenham Lodge

SU 46NE GREENHAM GREENHAM

7/24 Greenham Lodge 9.9.69 GV II*

House, now officers' club and accommodation. 1879-83. Norman Shaw. Red brick with stone dressings and some half timbering. Plinth, string course above first floor, coped parapet and gables, and tiled roof in 2 ranges. 7 stacks, with 2 end stacks to right consisting of 3 octagonal shafts with moulded tops and bases. Elizabethan style, probably inspired by Shaw House. E-plan. 2 storeys and attic. Mullioned and transomed windows with leaded lights and flat hood moulds. Projecting gabled wings to left and right with 2 large 20-light windows in each and paired 6-light windows in attic above. Central gabled porch rising to parapet. Four-centered arched footway with Ionic pilasters to each side supporting open triangular pediment and 2-light window in tympanum with shell above. Paired 6-light windows above on first floor and two 3-light windows in gable. Paired 8-light windows on first floor to right and left of porch and 8-light windows in gables above. 2 and 3 storey service wing extending down slope to left. Interior: Central screens passage with double-height panelled hall to right. Large fireplace overmantel on columns with embossed and gilded leatherwork and wind direction indicator. Dog-leg staircase to left rising to gallery above screens passage overlooking hall. First floor corridor to north with oriel windows overlooking hall. Other ground floor rooms include the library with large inglenook fireplace, drawing room, business room and panelled dining room. Several chimney-pieces have patterned ceramic tiles designed by William de Morgan and made by Carter's pottery of Poole. Landscaped grounds with lake to south-east.This building is important in terms of its planning in the development of the C19 English country house. B.O.E.Berkshire, p,149; Murray's Architectural Guide, Betjeman and Piper, 1949, pp.104-105.Richard Norman Shaw, A.Saint, 1976. p.422. The Gentleman's country house and its plan 1835-1914, J.Franklin, Routledge and Kegan Paul, pp.164-167, 207 and 261.

Listing NGR: SU4898765615