Description

WOKINGHAM ROSE STREET
SU 8168 NW
(North west side)
18/53 No.68 (Paradise Cottage)
and No.70 (The Old Bakery)
2.10.69
G.V. II
Hall house, now 2 cottages. Early C16, extended C19 and altered mid C20.
Part brick, part timber framed with brick infill, old tile gabled roof.
L-plan of 3 framed bays, former hall in centre, with extension at rear;
formerly jettied on road front, now underbuilt in brick. 2 storeys.
Ridge chimney to right of centre. Irregular front, with moulded beam
under first floor windows, probably re-positioned from former jetty beam.
No. 68 has two, C20, 2-light casement windows with glazing bars and C20
panelled entrance door flanked by 2 fluted pilasters and with a flat
hood. No.70 has 2 pairs of C20 2-light casements on first floor, 2,
3-light on ground floor, all leaded; C20 panelled entrance door on right
under small tiled lean-to hood. Interior:- part timber frame visible,
plain principal beams with large plain joists on end framed bay, ground
floor of No.70. Jowled posts and long arch braces on first floor.

Listing NGR: SU8139068770

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26448927

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)