Braywick House

BRAY BRAYWICK ROAD SU 87 NE (west side) 9/15 Braywick 25.3.55 Braywick House (formerly listed as Braywick House with Laundry Block) II*

Large country house with laundry block, now offices. C17 and C18, main front dated 1675. Altered and refurbished 1984. Brick, part painted brick; mansard roof with Cumberland stone slates. Originally rectangular central staircase plan; later laundry block adjoining on north west, extension on south west. 2 storeys and attics, former laundry block one storey, part 2 storey. 3 large chimneys with clay pots in main part. South east front: probably former entrance front. Symmetrical. 7 bays. Moulded brick plinth and string to first floor. Carved wooden cornice. Sash windows with glazing bars, in moulded architraves with stone cills. Recessed centre section of 3 bays and 2 pedimented dormers, middle bay has windows with moulded, eared architraves. Outer sections each end of 2 bays and one similar dormer each. A lead rainwater pipe in each return angle with lead hopper with the inscription P 16 75 WM South west front: right hand part similar to south east front but 5 bays and with C20 distyle Doric porch approached by 3 concrete steps; 6-fielded panel moulded door in moulded architrave in second bay from left. Left hand part of 3 bays has plinth, plat band and moulded cornice at a higher level. Windows have moulded architrave frames, those on ground floor with floating moulded cornices. Former laundry block: 5 bay front. Fourth bay of 2 storeys with attic is gabled with an open pediment and with occulus in tympanum; a square sash window at first floor and a Venetian window on ground floor. Bellcote on ridge with ogee roof, ball finial and weathervane. One-bay single-storey part to right and 3 bays similar to left, all with round-headed sash windows with glazing bars. Adjoining to the left of the former stable block is a 3 bay section of the house with old sash windows with wide glazing bars; gauged brick arches scalloped on the bottom edge. Windows on the ground floor have floating moulded cornices. Interior: Conference room on left of entrance hall has plaster ceiling enriched with scrolled floral and leaf ornament; guilloche ornament in centre panel. Moulded and dentilled cornice with honeysuckle and acanthus leaf ornament, triglyph and ball flower frieze. Two 6-panelled doors, one disused, lead to entrance hall having panelling mild and enriched with bead and reel ornament which is repeated on the window shutters. Doors have moulded architraves and moulded dentilled cornices. Front office on right of entrance hall has thin Rococo plasterwork on walls and ceiling. Geometrical staircase with curved metal balusters and wreathed handrail. B.O.E. (Berkshire), p.101.

Listing NGR: SU8938479289