Riches Turpins

SU 7575 SONNING PEARSON ROAD (north side) 14/18 Turpins & Riches 26.1.67 (Formerly listed as GV Turpins) II

House, now 2 houses. Late C16 with some modern additions, two storeys brick, old tile gabled roof. South front is triple gabled with one chimney on ridge between 2 left hand gables, and one at right hand end, both rectangular with diagonal pilasters, offset heads carried round heads of pilasters. 2 right hand gables have first floor string. Each gable has one bay with additional bay between the right and centre gables. Windows are 3-light leaded, those on ground floor in painted moulded wood frames, some lights have original fastenings. Plain shutters to ground floor windows on left and centre. East front has timber framed gable with brick infilling to left, a central timber framed gable projecting and a C20 extension to right. C20 lean-to porch across ground floor to left hand, rendered. Original building was T- shaped, the gabled wing at rear taller. West front has hipped end of main block to right, a C20 entrance at angle and C20 extension to left. Interior, many timbers of original frame exposed, chamfers and stops to joists on ground floor and central first floor room.

Listing NGR: SU7562575429