Oxford House

WOKINGHAM BROAD STREET SU 8168 NW (North side) 18/8 No. 39 (Oxford House) 12.11.51 G.V. II Town house, now offices and part house. Early C18 rebuild of early C17 house, extended late C19, altered mid C20. Plum brick with red brick dressings; old tile gabled roofs with ridge of C19 terracotta cresting. Rectangular plan with 2 hipped dormers facing road and extensions at rear and right hand side with one hipped dormer. Some old brickwork visible on rear gable. 2 storeys, cellars and attics; part I½ storeys. Brick string at first floor level, and moulded brick course below moulded wooden eaves cornice. 4 bay front. Sash windows with stone cills and panelled sun blind casings; rubbed brick heads with scrolled carving on the first floor. Glazing altered. 6 panel door in second bay from right, in panelled reveal with architrave, plain rectangular fanlight, under a coved shell hood with cornice and offsets on elaborately carved brackets of acanthus pattern. Interior:- C18 open well stair with column on vase balusters, heavily moulded handrail and square newels. B.O.E. (Berkshire) p.309.

Listing NGR: SU8104968710