EXCEPTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY www.cavershampark.co.uk Summary | Heritage | Location | Transport | The property | The opportunity | Planning | Method of sale | Contact Summary • Grade II listed manor house with stunning views across the Thames Valley • c115,000 sq ft (GIA) including ancillary buildings • Set in c93 acres of formal gardens and parkland • Less than 0.5 miles (5 min walk) to a wide range of local amenity, including supermarket, shops, restaurants and pubs • 2 miles from central Reading • Suitable for conversion to residential or a range of alternative uses (stpp) • Potential for new development within grounds (stpp) • For sale freehold with vacant possession Summary | Heritage | Location | Transport | The property | The opportunity | Planning | Method of sale | Contact Heritage EARLY PERIOD AND 18TH CENTURY 19TH – 20TH CENTURY BBC ACQUISITION MIDDLE AGES A £130,000 building programme was started The house burnt to the ground in 1850 and A fire caused serious damage to the roof in The site was established by the Anglo- in the early 18th century following the William was later re-built in a classical style around 1926 and following ongoing financial struggles, Saxons, who built the first manor house Cadogan’s purchase of the site. It was during an iron frame, designed by architect Horace and the outbreak of WWII, Caversham Park near Caversham Bridge. Following three this period Caversahm Park was arguably at Jones. This version of the manor house is what was sold to the BBC in 1941, when it became generations of Norman control, the site came its height with formal gardens, deer park and survives today (to varying degrees). the headquarters of BBC Monitoring from under the ownership of the Richard de Clare, views down to the Thames alongside avenues 1943. Taxes and WWI forced Caversham Park to Duke of Pembroke in 1164. Following which, to the north. be put up for sale in 1920. Its subsequent A large proportion of the park was sold off control fell into the hands of William Marshal, The house and grounds passed to sale to investors in 1921 saw the 1,800 acre in the 1960s for housing development, when whose sons turned the 300 acre property into Cadogan’s brother in the 1760s, during property sub-divided, with the mansion and it became Caversham Park Village, with a hunting park during the early 13th Century. which time Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown was park sold to the Oratorians in 1922 who turned relatively extensive refurbishments being The park was then handed back to the de commissioned to refashion the park in his the site into the Oratory School. During this undertaken during the 1980s and 2007. Clares and then passed on to the Despenser Picturesque style. period the house was extended to include family in 1314, who lost it to the Crown during the ancillary buildings to the west and an Major Charles Marsac bought the property the War of the Roses. extension of the chapel to the east. in 1784. Following which, Caversham Park TUDOR PERIOD suffered a period of decline, with the leasehold of what was by then a ruin being sold in 1838 In 1542 the lease for Caversham was given to William Crawshay II, who purchased the to Francis Knolly, who was one of the first freehold in 1844. members of Henry VIII’s formal bodyguard. Knolly started to build the first manor house at Caversham Park, which was finished by his son William, who entertained Queen Elizabeth I there in 1601. Royal entertaining continued until 1633, when Caversham Park was bought by Lord Craven for £10,000, who after a turbulent period of investment and confiscation created some surviving features, such as the tiered garden to the immediate south. Summary | Heritage | Location | Transport | The property | The opportunity | Planning | Method of sale | Contact Reading Reading is one of the most vibrant Reading was named the best place urban centres in the UK and is the to live and work in PwC’s Good largest economic and commercial Growth for Cities Index of the 36 centre in the South East, outside largest economic areas in the UK. of London. Reading has emerged It has benefited from substantial as the focus of economic growth inward investment, focusing and investment in the Thames around a number of regeneration Valley, which boasts the European projects which have provided and Global headquarters of more further retail and leisure facilities. than 200 Fortune 500 companies Major infrastructure improvements, and is home to a further 42,000 including the £895 million businesses. Reading itself is home redevelopment of Reading Station, to world leaders in finance, IT, have also benefitted the town. global communications and a Transport connectivity is poised to high concentration of FTSE 100 benefit further from the opening of companies. Crossrail in 2019, the electrification of the Great Western Railway and Reading is located approximately 40 the recently confirmed expansion of miles west of Central London and 27 Heathrow International Airport. miles west of Heathrow International Airport. Its proximity to London and strategic position within the Thames Valley attracts a highly affluent and educated Workforce, which is also supported by world-class universities such as the University of Reading and Oxford University. More about location >> Summary | Heritage | Location | Transport | The property | The opportunity | Planning | Method of sale | Contact d R n Caversham il K Caversham is a large suburb of Reading that lies on the oad k R ar P north bank of the River Thames. It is directly linked to m ha Cavers the town via Caversham Bridge, Reading Bridge and St B a rn a b a Christchurch Bridge (pedestrians and cycles only). s R o a d E Caversham is generally considered to be a desirable v e sh a m R o e S v and affluent part of the town, consisting largely of low a i u d r r C l D e a d Caversham y R v m density residential, with associated amenity such as R n e o a w r w o s h Park d h d h g t a a n u i retail, schools and parks. o o m k S R c P u d a r B r a k p R y p a e o W P a d ld ie f r e th o R CAVERSHAM d a o K C R i d h d i m A l r t e l o H a l r r p H e n e m p a R l R e l d o o o P w e a a s a d d n R d a O R o R a o y d e a l n e d H 5 15 4 A ad P ey Ro l r Hen n 55 D i i 41 k e A s o d u s R R t H n H y ill le t i k e l n l i e e n H C tr er S w h o t L u c r c e h p ve R s iew A th V o o u d So a r d P R e d d n v t ch St R ur R d h g A s r a C n i e n s o l h t G h t R d o s s n o S b r a r r o a o J i A k a e R W r o t t Rd ad g S S B d ey i r ls B Wo d nue ve a ld A fie o ich R R l A t l i 4 e 1 M 5 e r 5 t S e g or e A G 32 9 V d as a te o rn R R o ad m a h s r Reading A e v Station 3 a 29 C 9 2 READING 3 Forb A ur y Ro ad 9 2 3 A Que ad en s Ro L o n d 29 o ll 3 n d Hi A oa stle S n R a t do C Lon Summary | Heritage | Location | Transport | The property | The opportunity | Planning | Method of sale | Contact Road Reading is located adjacent to the M4 Motorway (Junctions 10, 11 & 12) providing excellent transport links to Central London and to the West of England. The M4 Motorway also links directly to the M25 Motorway (Junction 15) which provides access to the wider motorway network. ROAD LINKS Distance M4 (J11) 5 miles M40 A40 Reading Town Centre 2 miles LONDON SLOUGH M25 A4074 THAMES M25 (J15) 23 miles PADDINGTON Heathrow Airport 26 miles M4 CAVERSHAM WINDSOR WATERLOO Gatwick Airport 63 miles HEATHROW READING AIRPORT A329(M) Bristol 82 miles M4 M4 J12 London 40 miles J10 BRACKNELL M3 J11 A322 A4 A3 M25 A33 M3 M25 GATWICK AIRPORT M23 More about transport >> Summary | Heritage | Location | Transport | The property | The opportunity | Planning | Method of sale | Contact Rail Reading Mainline Railway Station, included the addition of five new which is to form the western platforms, retail outlets, a new link terminal for Crossrail in 2019, is one bridge and two new entrances. of the busiest rail hubs in Britain Network Rail are electrifying the with over 20 million passengers a Great Western Main Line between year. Reading connects to London London, Oxford, Bristol and Cardiff. Paddington to the east, Birmingham The electrification, in conjunction to the north and Cardiff to the west. with the introduction of new trains, At peak travel times direct services will improve journey times and run to London Paddington every 10 capacity on this important route.