49, 51 AND 53, READING ROAD (A329)

Nos 49, 51, and 53 on Reading Road (A329) are three cottages built around 1839, likely designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. They are constructed from red brick with a flint front and stone dressings. The cottages feature a gabled and hipped roof, which is probably covered with Welsh slate beneath a later 20th-century coating. Red brick chimneys with diagonally-placed flues are located at the right valley, left end, and rear of the building.

The design reflects a simple Tudor style, with the cottages being two stories high and comprising a three-window range. The windows are two-light stone-mullion windows, with a three-light window in the center of the first floor. Both the ground and first-floor windows have hood moulds. A central gable, which has a loop-hole below its apex, projects slightly and is accentuated by stone quoins. Moulded string courses run along both floors, and there is a low parapet at the side bays. The cottages have part-glazed doors located to the center left and far right, along with additional windows, doors, and an extension at the rear. These cottages were built by the Great Western Railway to possibly accommodate the stableman and porter at the nearby Wallingford Road, later known as Moulsford, Station.