Discover History & Heritage in Reading

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   Church of Our Lady and St Anne

   Address

   2 South View Avenue, Caversham, READING, Berkshire, RG4 5AB

   READING

   Built 1902-21, it includes a shrine chapel, re-designed between 1954-58 to include the external squint on South View Avenue for observance by passers-by. This has a large 500-year old oak statue of Our Lady and Child. The shrine was redecorated in…

   

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   Jane Austen's Schoolroom

   Address

   Abbey Street, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 3BD

   Telephone

   0118 937 3400

   Reading

   Jane Austen's former schoolroom, located in Reading’s Abbey Quarter, is often cited as the inspiration for Austen’s Mr Goddard’s School in Emma.

   

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   Basildon Park

   Address

   Lower Basildon, READING, Berkshire, RG8 9NR

   Telephone

   01491 672382

   READING

   Basildon Park is a country house situated to the west of Reading, between the villages of Upper Basildon and Lower Basildon. It is owned by the National Trust and is a Grade I listed building. The house was built between 1776 and 1783 for Sir…

   

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