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Latitude: 51.4573 / 51°27'26"N
Longitude: -1.0044 / 1°0'15"W
OS Eastings: 469272
OS Northings: 173622
OS Grid: SU692736
Mapcode National: GBR QCF.J0
Mapcode Global: VHDWS.JMWN
Plus Code: 9C3WFX4W+W7
Entry Name: Former Sergeants Quarters, Brock Barracks
Listing Date: 8 July 1998
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1375595
English Heritage Legacy ID: 469559
ID on this website: 101375595
Location: Reading, Berkshire, RG30
County: Reading
Electoral Ward/Division: Norcot
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Reading
Traditional County: Berkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Berkshire
Church of England Parish: Tilehurst St George
Church of England Diocese: Oxford
Tagged with: Architectural structure
SU 67 SE READING OXFORD ROAD
(south side)
934/16/10016
Former sergeant's quarters,
Brock barracks
GV II
Sergeant's quarters. 1877, designed at the War Office by Major HC Seddon RE, supervising engineer Major Flint RE. Red brick with yellow brick bands, moulded brick heads and stone dressings; lateral stacks with square cluster shafts and truncated ridge stack, and tiled cross-gable roof. PLAN: double-depth plan. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 2:3-window range. An asymmetrical block with yellow sill bands and a moulded brick band below window heads, coped gables on moulded kneelers to the left and to the right-hand return, the former with a 2-centre arch over paired first-floor windows with patterned brick infi1l, and a doorway in the right-hand side; tall narrow windows with small-paned sashes and cambered heads. INTERIOR: not inspected. HISTORY: an example of a standard design for the Localisation depots. the Cardwell reforms redistributed barracks around the country to encourage local connections, and assist recruitment. Included as part of, with Bodmin, one of the most complete surviving depots. (Watson Colonel Sir HM: History of the Corps of Royal Engineers: Chatham: 1954-: 157-160).
Listing NGR: SU6927273622
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