Description

SU 9082 TAPLOW CLIVEDEN ROAD

16/649 Taplow Court (Plessey
Telecommunications
- Research)

- II

Dated 1855. The exterior in an early Tudor style, but the interior (with its
central glazed hall rising the full height of the house) in a Romanesque style.
Red brick; stone dressings; slate roof. Four storeys with 2 stone stringcourses
carried round the building as drip moulds over the windows. Central projection
with porch. Heavy oak door set in recess with Norman arch. Four windows one
above the other. Corner chimneys corbelled out from the 2nd floor. On left, a
bay window through 3 storeys; on right, windows with mullions and, on ground
and 1st floors, transoms too. To the left and at right angles to the house,
the stable court and offices. The back wing extends along the side of the
churchyard of the old parish church of St Nicholas and is joined to the house
by an octagonal tower. Most of the buildings red brick with slate roofs and 2
storeys high. The range facing the courtyard of the house with 4 gables reach-
ing above eaves level and a clock turret over the archway.

Listing NGR: SU9063582216

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26458775

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Recommended Books

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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability