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Main Building of Reading General Station

A Grade II Listed Building in Abbey, Reading

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.4589 / 51°27'31"N

Longitude: -0.9724 / 0°58'20"W

OS Eastings: 471487

OS Northings: 173820

OS Grid: SU714738

Mapcode National: GBR QLD.NH

Mapcode Global: VHDWT.3L8H

Plus Code: 9C3XF25H+G2

Entry Name: Main Building of Reading General Station

Listing Date: 21 January 1976

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1321892

English Heritage Legacy ID: 39190

ID on this website: 101321892

Location: Reading, Berkshire, RG1

County: Reading

Electoral Ward/Division: Abbey

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Reading

Traditional County: Berkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Berkshire

Church of England Parish: Reading St Mary the Virgin

Church of England Diocese: Oxford

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Description


STATION HILL
1.
5128
Main building of
Reading General Station
SU 7173 NE 1/363
SU 7173 12/363 21.1.76.
II
2.
1865-67, architect Mr Lane (Chief Engineer of the GWR Co). Enlargement and
remodelling of I K Brunel's original station of circa 1840. Italianate details.
2 storey symmetrical main building of buff brick from Coalbrookdale with Bath
stone dressings, rusticated quoins. 10 bays wide, slight break to centre 4.
Frieze, moulded cornice and blocking course, the projecting centre having console
brackets to the cornice and the blocking course raised as solid pediment.
The ground floor of the centre break has guilloche frieze and panelled pilasters
with wreath caps flanking the windows and doorways. Cornices on console brackets
over 1st floor windows, with triangular and segmental pediments over those
in centre break. Canopy across ground floor. Hipped slate roof, chimneys
removed. Pleasant central cupola, which has round headed lights and bracket
eaves to pyramidal roof with finial. Canopy extends over ground floor extensions
on both sides, about 12 bays to left and 7 to right.


Listing NGR: SU7148773820

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