![]() Solid brass door furniture was for the wealthy with wrought or cast iron the choice of the masses, with a laquered, black or bronze finish, or sometimes painted the same colour as the door. Sometimes the number was painted on the door or the door surround. The usual ways of achieving this were either oval plaques of glazed ceramic or enamelled iron. Postal deliveries also necessitated that houses were easily identifiable so conspicuous house numbering became more important. As styles developed, letterplates came to be produced as a set with matching door knockers and pull bar handles. The letters tended to be small so only small letter plates were required. ![]() It was the introduction of the penny post in 1840 which created the need for the letter plate for the first time on front doors. The less wealthy would have used large wooden box locks at times with metal drop handles or brass knobs or sometimes with wooden turned knobs made by a wood turner on a rudimentary treadle or pole lathe using crude metal tools. Each item would have been expensive to produce. The consultation period for the proposals started on August 23 and Reading Borough Council has yet to make a decision about the application.During this period wood and hand forged latches were used along with wrought iron and brass rimlocks, hinges and other pieces of ironmongery made by the local blacksmith. In total, this means that there will be 29 flats altogether and to accommodate this there will be 14 parking spaces. There was talk about reducing this to five storeys, but this didn't materialise.Īll in all, the applicant wants to create 22 one-bedroom flats, six two-bedroom flats, and one three-bedroom flat. Altogether the flats will reach six storeys high. They also welcomed the retention of the majority of the malthouse buildings.Ī CGI of the plan to replace Drews the Ironmongers in Caversham Road, Reading with a 29 home apartment block (Image: Copyright Unknown)īTA did however express concern about the height of the new development. The BTA suggested the new plans presented a marked improvement compared to the old ones. The design team had a site meeting with the BTA in May in order to discuss the proposals. Meanwhile, the building facing Northfield Road will be maintained. The new proposals show the southern building that faces Caversham Road will be demolished and part of the corner building that faces Caversham Road and Northfield Road will also be lost. The rustic buildings once formed a brewery and in the past few years the Bell Tower Community Association (BTA) successfully appealed to get the site locally listed as a heritage asset. New plans from S2 Caversham Ltd have now been lodged and they show that a lot more of the malthouse buildings will be retained compared to earlier proposals. READ MORE: Police statement after Reading Festival violence and tents set on fire S2 Caversham has revised its plans for the building that used to be 'Drews the Ironmongers' - following a previous rejection.ĭrew the Ironmongers, located at 71-73 Caversham Road in Reading, closed back in 2018 and At the time, the Drew family said that it could no longer compete in a "world dominated by internet merchants."įollowing its closure, several plans have been submitted to turn the site into new homes None of these proposals has so far come to fruition. A former ironmongers in Reading could be partially demolished in order to make way for 29 new homes.
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