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Victorian
Georgian
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Houses
Shops
Offices
Factories
Transport
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Public
Buildings
| Age
of Buildings: Georgian
Few Georgian
buildings are now left in Reading. Unlike Bath, at the other end of the Kennet
and Avon Canal, the town did not have a ready supply of stone. Many of the
towns Georgian buildings were made out of local brick, of which there was plenty
What to
look for
- Brick and sometimes
stone built (often using Colliers
bricks from
Tilehurst)
- Roofs hidden
behind walls
- Chimneys
- Plain brickwork
- Portrait windows
which slide up and down (Sash windows)
- Columns around
doors
- Half round or
triangular sections above doors and windows
- Symmetrical buildings
Examples
- Terraced House
in Southampton Street
- Public Building:
St Mary's Church in Castle Street
- Large House in
Eldon Gardens
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