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{{short description|Grade II* listed country house in Berkshire, England}}
{{Infobox historic site
|name = Braywick House
|image =
|caption =
|type = [[English country house|Country House]]
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|gbgridref = SU 89384 79289
|locmapin = Berkshire#England
|location = [[Braywick, Berkshire|Braywick]], [[Berkshire]], [[England]]
|architect =
|architecture = [[Queen Anne style architecture|Queen Anne]] & [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]]
|built = 1675
|built_for = Sir William Paule
|rebuilt =
|restored =
|restored_by =
|demolished =
|original_use =
|current_use = Offices
|owner =
|website =
|designation1 = Grade II* Listed Building
|designation1_offname = Braywick House
|designation1_date = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1955|03|25}}
|designation1_number = {{Listed building England|1319441}}
}}
'''Braywick House''', for most of its history called 'Braywick Grove', is an [[English country house]] now converted to offices. It is a historic [[Grade II*]] listed building located in [[Braywick, Berkshire|Braywick]], [[Berkshire]], a suburb south of [[Maidenhead]].
==History==
Braywick House was built in 1675 for Sir William Paule (also spelled Paul and Paull) (c.1632-1685), <ref name="Pevsner">{{cite book |last1=Tyack |first1=Geoffrey |last2=Bradley |first2=Simon |last3=Pevsner |first3=Nikolaus |last4=Brindle |first4=Steven |title=Berkshire |date=2010 |publisher=Yale University Press |location=New Haven, Conn. |isbn=9780300126624 |page=206 |edition=New, rev. |ref=Pevsner}}</ref> Paule was the son of [[William Paul (bishop)|Dr. William Paul, Bishop of Oxford]] (1599-1665).<ref name="Kerry">{{cite book |last1=Kerry |first1=Charles |title=The history and antiquities of the hundred of Bray, in the county of Berks |date=1861 |publisher=Savill and Edwards |location=London |pages=82-83 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_History_and_Antiquities_of_the_Hundr/n8QBAAAAYAAJ}}</ref>
He died childless, so when his widow Mary (later Lady Penyston, second wife of Sir Fairmeadow Penyston, the last of the [[Penyston baronets|Penyston baronets, of Leigh]]), died in 1714,<ref>{{cite web |title=PAUL, William (1673-1711), of Bray, Berks. {{!}} History of Parliament Online |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/paul-william-1673-1711 |website=www.historyofparliamentonline.org}}</ref> the house reverted to the family of William's brother James, which at that point consisted only of James' granddaughter Catherine (-1753). In 1724 she married [[Sir William Stapleton, 4th Baronet|Sir William Stapleton]], [[Stapleton baronets of the Leeward Islands (1679)|4th Stapleton Baronet]] (1698-1740). While they maintained ownership of Braywick, the Stapleton family's primary residence was at [[Greys Court]], nearby in [[Oxfordshire]], which Catherine had also inherited.<ref>{{cite web |title=The history of Greys Court {{!}} Oxfordshire |url=https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/vi...ry-of-greys-court#the-families-of-greys-court |website=National Trust |language=en}}</ref>
In around 1783, the house was acquired by the Hon. Thomas Windsor (1752-1832), the second son of [[Other Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth]]. A former [[Royal Navy]] Captain, Thomas Windsor had made his fortune by capturing Spanish ships in the Carribean.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hon. Thomas Windsor |url=https://morethannelson.com/officer/hon-thomas-windsor/ |website=More than Nelson |access-date=30 April 2024}}</ref> In 1802, while living in Braywick, he was [[High Sheriff of Berkshire]]. According to subsequent descriptions of the property, he enlarged and remodeled the house in the then-current [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] style.<ref>{{cite book |title=Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, 1899 |date=1899 |publisher=Kelly's Directories Ltd |location=London |page=45 |url=https://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/304750/rec/1}}</ref>
The house was sold in c.1808 to Captain, later Major-General, Sir Thomas Anburey (1759-1849).<ref name="Kerry"/> Anburey then listed Braywick for sale when he was sent to India in 1818.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Times |title=Property |issue=10346 |date=2 May 1818 |page=4}}</ref> He would go on to lead the [[Bengal Sappers and Miners]] in [[Allahabad]].
In 1833, William Atkins-Bowyer (1779-1844) is listed as residing at the property.<ref>{{cite book |title=Berkshire Commercial Directory, 1833 |date=1833 |publisher=Cowslade |page=15}}</ref>
By 1839 the home was owned by Richard Boucher (sometimes spelled Bouchier) (1754-1841) who was was vicar of [[Brightwalton]] in Berkshire for 53 years between 1788 and 1841.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hitchings |first1=James |title=An address delivered on the occasion of laying the foundation stone of Knowl Hill District Church, by Lady Clayton East, etc |url=https://www.google.com/books/editio..._on_the_occasion_of/9GJpAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1 |publisher=E. Blackwell |access-date=30 April 2024 |language=en |date=1839}}</ref> And in 1842 Richard's widow, Rebecca Coney Boucher, bequeathed the estate to her nephew, John Jeane Coney.<ref>{{cite web |title=Will of Rebecca Boucher, Widow of Bray , Berkshire |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D98818 |website=National Archives |access-date=30 April 2024 |date=21 October 1842}}</ref> Coney (d. 1862) came from a [[Batcombe, Somerset]] family. His grandfather, Bicknell Coney (1732-1812), was a director of the [[Bank of England]].<ref name="Kerry"/>
Braywick House remained in the Coney family until the early part of the 20th century. While still owned by the Coneys, the house was sometimes rented. For example, in the first years of the 20th century, the home was the residence of Liberal Party politician [[Henry Samuelson|Henry Bernhard Samuelson]], later the 2nd of the [[Samuelson baronets]].
In 1907 the property was sold<ref>{{cite news |work=The Times |title=Property |issue=38480 |date=2 Nov 1907 |page=17}}</ref> to Sir James Richardson Andrew Clark, [[Clark baronets|2nd Baronet Clark]], (1852-1948), son of prominent doctor [[Sir Andrew Clark, 1st Baronet]] (1826-1893).<ref>{{cite web |title=Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire |url=https://www.google.com/books/editio...lark"+"braywick"&pg=PA426&printsec=frontcover |publisher=Burke's Peerage Limited |language=en |date=1911}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |title=Douglas William Parish Labalmondiere |url=http://labalmondiere.co.uk/douglas.htm |website=labalmondiere.co.uk}}</ref> It then passed to his son, [[Sir Andrew Clark, 3rd Baronet]] (1898-1979).
The house was converted to office and storage space in 1959.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ely |first1=Gerald |title=Country mansions as offices |work=The Times |issue=57381 |date=14 Oct 1968 |page=16}}</ref> Some companies that have since had offices there include [[Shooting Times]], Crescent Life Assurance, Pandair Freight, [[Schneider Electric]], and [[NEC]].<ref>{{cite news |work=The Times |title=Advertisement |issue=56603 |date=12 Apr 1966 |page=9}}</ref>
In 1983 textile design firm [[Laura Ashley (company)|Laura Ashley]] moved their UK Retail Headquarters there. Additional building updates were done then and in the mid-1990s.<ref name="Pevsner"/>
The house, now part of a busy commercial corridor, remains office space.<ref>{{cite web |title=BRAYWICK HOUSE, Bray - 1319441 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1319441 |website=historicengland.org.uk |access-date=30 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
==Architecture==
A red brick house, originally a Stuart-period design, but remodeled and expanded in the mid-to-late 18th century to a more [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] style.<ref name="Pevsner"/> The front is plain with two wings that project slightly. Inside, the main staircase is the original from the 17th century. There is good mid-18th century [[Rococo]] plasterwork that Pevsner compares to houses by [[Robert Taylor (architect)|Sir Robert Taylor]]. The 19th century coach house is now part of the office conversion.<ref name="Pevsner"/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* [https://www.berkshirehistory.com/villages/braywick.html Royal Berkshire History – Braywick]
* [https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1319441 Historic England – Braywick House]
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[[Category:Grade II* listed buildings in Berkshire]]
[[Category:Grade II* listed houses]]
[[Category:Country houses in Berkshire]]
[[Category:Windsor and Maidenhead]]
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{{UK-listed-building-stub}}
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{{short description|Grade II* listed country house in Berkshire, England}}
{{Infobox historic site
|name = Braywick House
|image =
|caption =
|type = [[English country house|Country House]]
|coordinates = {{coord|51.50533863466682|-0.7131450774926917|display=inline,title|format=dms|type:landmark_region:GB}}
|gbgridref = SU 89384 79289
|locmapin = Berkshire#England
|location = [[Braywick, Berkshire|Braywick]], [[Berkshire]], [[England]]
|architect =
|architecture = [[Queen Anne style architecture|Queen Anne]] & [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]]
|built = 1675
|built_for = Sir William Paule
|rebuilt =
|restored =
|restored_by =
|demolished =
|original_use =
|current_use = Offices
|owner =
|website =
|designation1 = Grade II* Listed Building
|designation1_offname = Braywick House
|designation1_date = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1955|03|25}}
|designation1_number = {{Listed building England|1319441}}
}}
'''Braywick House''', for most of its history called 'Braywick Grove', is an [[English country house]] now converted to offices. It is a historic [[Grade II*]] listed building located in [[Braywick, Berkshire|Braywick]], [[Berkshire]], a suburb south of [[Maidenhead]].
==History==
Braywick House was built in 1675 for Sir William Paule (also spelled Paul and Paull) (c.1632-1685), <ref name="Pevsner">{{cite book |last1=Tyack |first1=Geoffrey |last2=Bradley |first2=Simon |last3=Pevsner |first3=Nikolaus |last4=Brindle |first4=Steven |title=Berkshire |date=2010 |publisher=Yale University Press |location=New Haven, Conn. |isbn=9780300126624 |page=206 |edition=New, rev. |ref=Pevsner}}</ref> Paule was the son of [[William Paul (bishop)|Dr. William Paul, Bishop of Oxford]] (1599-1665).<ref name="Kerry">{{cite book |last1=Kerry |first1=Charles |title=The history and antiquities of the hundred of Bray, in the county of Berks |date=1861 |publisher=Savill and Edwards |location=London |pages=82-83 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_History_and_Antiquities_of_the_Hundr/n8QBAAAAYAAJ}}</ref>
He died childless, so when his widow Mary (later Lady Penyston, second wife of Sir Fairmeadow Penyston, the last of the [[Penyston baronets|Penyston baronets, of Leigh]]), died in 1714,<ref>{{cite web |title=PAUL, William (1673-1711), of Bray, Berks. {{!}} History of Parliament Online |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/paul-william-1673-1711 |website=www.historyofparliamentonline.org}}</ref> the house reverted to the family of William's brother James, which at that point consisted only of James' granddaughter Catherine (-1753). In 1724 she married [[Sir William Stapleton, 4th Baronet|Sir William Stapleton]], [[Stapleton baronets of the Leeward Islands (1679)|4th Stapleton Baronet]] (1698-1740). While they maintained ownership of Braywick, the Stapleton family's primary residence was at [[Greys Court]], nearby in [[Oxfordshire]], which Catherine had also inherited.<ref>{{cite web |title=The history of Greys Court {{!}} Oxfordshire |url=https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/vi...ry-of-greys-court#the-families-of-greys-court |website=National Trust |language=en}}</ref>
In around 1783, the house was acquired by the Hon. Thomas Windsor (1752-1832), the second son of [[Other Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth]]. A former [[Royal Navy]] Captain, Thomas Windsor had made his fortune by capturing Spanish ships in the Carribean.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hon. Thomas Windsor |url=https://morethannelson.com/officer/hon-thomas-windsor/ |website=More than Nelson |access-date=30 April 2024}}</ref> In 1802, while living in Braywick, he was [[High Sheriff of Berkshire]]. According to subsequent descriptions of the property, he enlarged and remodeled the house in the then-current [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] style.<ref>{{cite book |title=Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, 1899 |date=1899 |publisher=Kelly's Directories Ltd |location=London |page=45 |url=https://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/304750/rec/1}}</ref>
The house was sold in c.1808 to Captain, later Major-General, Sir Thomas Anburey (1759-1849).<ref name="Kerry"/> Anburey then listed Braywick for sale when he was sent to India in 1818.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Times |title=Property |issue=10346 |date=2 May 1818 |page=4}}</ref> He would go on to lead the [[Bengal Sappers and Miners]] in [[Allahabad]].
In 1833, William Atkins-Bowyer (1779-1844) is listed as residing at the property.<ref>{{cite book |title=Berkshire Commercial Directory, 1833 |date=1833 |publisher=Cowslade |page=15}}</ref>
By 1839 the home was owned by Richard Boucher (sometimes spelled Bouchier) (1754-1841) who was was vicar of [[Brightwalton]] in Berkshire for 53 years between 1788 and 1841.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hitchings |first1=James |title=An address delivered on the occasion of laying the foundation stone of Knowl Hill District Church, by Lady Clayton East, etc |url=https://www.google.com/books/editio..._on_the_occasion_of/9GJpAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1 |publisher=E. Blackwell |access-date=30 April 2024 |language=en |date=1839}}</ref> And in 1842 Richard's widow, Rebecca Coney Boucher, bequeathed the estate to her nephew, John Jeane Coney.<ref>{{cite web |title=Will of Rebecca Boucher, Widow of Bray , Berkshire |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D98818 |website=National Archives |access-date=30 April 2024 |date=21 October 1842}}</ref> Coney (d. 1862) came from a [[Batcombe, Somerset]] family. His grandfather, Bicknell Coney (1732-1812), was a director of the [[Bank of England]].<ref name="Kerry"/>
Braywick House remained in the Coney family until the early part of the 20th century. While still owned by the Coneys, the house was sometimes rented. For example, in the first years of the 20th century, the home was the residence of Liberal Party politician [[Henry Samuelson|Henry Bernhard Samuelson]], later the 2nd of the [[Samuelson baronets]].
In 1907 the property was sold<ref>{{cite news |work=The Times |title=Property |issue=38480 |date=2 Nov 1907 |page=17}}</ref> to Sir James Richardson Andrew Clark, [[Clark baronets|2nd Baronet Clark]], (1852-1948), son of prominent doctor [[Sir Andrew Clark, 1st Baronet]] (1826-1893).<ref>{{cite web |title=Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire |url=https://www.google.com/books/editio...lark"+"braywick"&pg=PA426&printsec=frontcover |publisher=Burke's Peerage Limited |language=en |date=1911}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |title=Douglas William Parish Labalmondiere |url=http://labalmondiere.co.uk/douglas.htm |website=labalmondiere.co.uk}}</ref> It then passed to his son, [[Sir Andrew Clark, 3rd Baronet]] (1898-1979).
The house was converted to office and storage space in 1959.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ely |first1=Gerald |title=Country mansions as offices |work=The Times |issue=57381 |date=14 Oct 1968 |page=16}}</ref> Some companies that have since had offices there include [[Shooting Times]], Crescent Life Assurance, Pandair Freight, [[Schneider Electric]], and [[NEC]].<ref>{{cite news |work=The Times |title=Advertisement |issue=56603 |date=12 Apr 1966 |page=9}}</ref>
In 1983 textile design firm [[Laura Ashley (company)|Laura Ashley]] moved their UK Retail Headquarters there. Additional building updates were done then and in the mid-1990s.<ref name="Pevsner"/>
The house, now part of a busy commercial corridor, remains office space.<ref>{{cite web |title=BRAYWICK HOUSE, Bray - 1319441 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1319441 |website=historicengland.org.uk |access-date=30 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
==Architecture==
A red brick house, originally a Stuart-period design, but remodeled and expanded in the mid-to-late 18th century to a more [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] style.<ref name="Pevsner"/> The front is plain with two wings that project slightly. Inside, the main staircase is the original from the 17th century. There is good mid-18th century [[Rococo]] plasterwork that Pevsner compares to houses by [[Robert Taylor (architect)|Sir Robert Taylor]]. The 19th century coach house is now part of the office conversion.<ref name="Pevsner"/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* [https://www.berkshirehistory.com/villages/braywick.html Royal Berkshire History – Braywick]
* [https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1319441 Historic England – Braywick House]
{{portal|Berkshire}}
[[Category:Grade II* listed buildings in Berkshire]]
[[Category:Grade II* listed houses]]
[[Category:Country houses in Berkshire]]
[[Category:Windsor and Maidenhead]]
{{Berkshire-struct-stub}}
{{UK-listed-building-stub}}
Okumaya devam et...