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Local Listing Recommendations approved by West Berkshire Council

Submitted by s-broughton on 4 August 2024 - 5:23pm

Following a Consultation, the recommendation to add eight new heritage assets to the Local List has been approved by West Berkshire Council. The new Locally Listed assets are:

A pump and well house at East Ilsley - a 1930's flywheel pump which is still in working order.

 

A pump and pump house at Burghfield - the pump in School Lane may have supplied the school with water in the early 1900's, while the pump house at Bunces Lane contains the remains of a pump base, and carries a dedication to Queen Victoria in the year of her son Edward VII's Coronation (1902).

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Hunt for 'Ghost Signs' on buildings

Submitted by s-broughton on 28 October 2023 - 9:06pm

Historic England is asking individuals and history and heritage groups to search for, photograph, and inform them of ghost signs on buildings. These are old signs which advertised businesses which have now gone. Such signs gradually fade, but form an important part of our heritage, and signpost old businesses and trades, as well as individuals who may have run them. More information is available on their website:

WBHF AGM- 26th April 2023

Submitted by s-broughton on 12 March 2023 - 11:45pm

The West Berkshire Heritage Forum AGM will be held on 26th April 2023 at Shaw House. Attendees are invited to arrive from 7pm for refreshments in the cafe with the business of the AGM due to start at 7.20pm. There will be a guided tour of the house after the AGM, and we are also expecting a short talk by a local speaker.

Places are limited to 40, please email the Secretary susancarveth@gmx.com if you wish to attend. Formal invitations will go out shortly with an agenda and previous minutes.

Local Listing - Panel recommends a further eight submissions

Submitted by s-broughton on 7 November 2022 - 4:09pm

The Local Listing Panel met on 27th October and approved submissions to the Local List for The White Lodge, Shaw cum Donnington, a Victorian gate lodge; Crabtree Community Centre, Faircross, Hermitage, a former WW2 USA hospital building; 6 Northbrook Street, Newbury, a Georgian facade to a modernised building; a Victorian post box in Welford, of a rare and early design; two well houses, at East Ilsley and Burghfield Common, and a further Victiorian Pump at Burghfield Common; and a stile from the Hedges Foundry, situated on a footpath near Marlston.

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