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Reading, Berkshire: Seven Bridges Street now Bridge Street: brewery for William Blackall Simonds, 1789-1790; house for Mr Simonds fronting the brewery, 1789; additions and alterations to the original house, 1802-1803 (34)

The father of William Blackall Simonds (1761-1834) left his brewing business to his only son in 1782. The following year, the young man married Elizabeth May who brought with her a dowry of £2,000. In 1785 Simonds opened his first permanent brewery in Broad Street in Reading and when the business expanded so quickly that it outgrew the site, he bought another in Seven Bridges Road and commissioned Soane to design a brewery and a house. The brewery was built between 1789 and 1790 and the house was finished in 1791. In December 1802, survey drawings (6-10) were made of the house as a preparation for Soane's designs for alterations and additions made in January, February and (working drawings) March and June 1803. The brewery flourished and W.B.Simonds also established a bank in Reading and was its Mayor. (Information from www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/wbsimonds.html)

The enlarged house of 1803 was demolished early in the twentieth century, by which time Soane's brewery had been rebuilt.

See also - Reading, Berkshire: Castle Street and Reading, Berkshire: London Place for designs for a house and for speculative housing by Soane for Mr Simonds.

Jill Lever, January 2012

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SM (1) 77/2/8 (2) 8/4/4

Reading, Berkshire: Seven Bridges Street now Bridge Street: brewery for William Blackall Simonds, 1789-1790; house for Mr Simonds fronting the brewery, 1789; additions and alterations to the original house, 1802-1803 (34)

Working drawing and copy of design, 1789-90 (2)

1 Sep^r12 1789 2 Copy March 11 1790

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SM (1) 77/2/8 (2) 8/4/4

SM (3) volume 59/41

Reading, Berkshire: Seven Bridges Street now Bridge Street: brewery for William Blackall Simonds, 1789-1790; house for Mr Simonds fronting the brewery, 1789; additions and alterations to the original house, 1802-1803 (34)

Record drawing of a design for brewery and house, c.1789-90

John McDonnell (pupil 1786-91)

SM (3) volume 59/41

SM (4) 2/6/4 (5) 2/6/5

Reading, Berkshire: Seven Bridges Street now Bridge Street: brewery for William Blackall Simonds, 1789-1790; house for Mr Simonds fronting the brewery, 1789; additions and alterations to the original house, 1802-1803 (34)

Variant designs for front elevations, neither as executed, 30 December 1789 (2)

4 Copy December 30^th1789 5 Copy Dec^r30^th1789

4-5 John McDonnell (pupil 1786-1791)

SM (4) 2/6/4 (5) 2/6/5

SM (6) 2/6/28 (7) 2/6/29 (8) 2/6/30 (9)2/6/8 (10) 2/6/19

Reading, Berkshire: Seven Bridges Street now Bridge Street: brewery for William Blackall Simonds, 1789-1790; house for Mr Simonds fronting the brewery, 1789; additions and alterations to the original house, 1802-1803 (34)

Survey drawings of Mr Simonds's house, December 1802 (5)

(6) Dec^r 4^th1802 (7) Dec^r 4^th1802 (8) Dec^r1802 (9) Dec^r31 1802 (10) Copy 5 March (corner missing)

(6-9) Richard Williams (clerk July 1789-July 1803) (10) Soane office

SM (6) 2/6/28 (7) 2/6/29 (8) 2/6/30 (9)2/6/8 (10) 2/6/19

SM (11) 2/6/15 (12) 2/6/3 (13) 2/6/13 (14) 2/6/14

Reading, Berkshire: Seven Bridges Street now Bridge Street: brewery for William Blackall Simonds, 1789-1790; house for Mr Simonds fronting the brewery, 1789; additions and alterations to the original house, 1802-1803 (34)

Preliminary designs for alterations and additions, January 1803 (4)

(11) Jan^y19: 1803 (12) (Soane) Jan^y19 1803 (13) Lincolns Inn Field (no date) (14) Lincolns Inn Fields Feb^y1^st1803

(11-12) Soane (13-14) Soane office and Soane

SM (11) 2/6/15 (12) 2/6/3 (13) 2/6/13 (14) 2/6/14

(15) 2/6/25 (16) 2/6/23 (17) 2/6/24 (18) 2/6/26 (19) 2/6/27 (20) 2/6/7 (21) 2/6/6

Reading, Berkshire: Seven Bridges Street now Bridge Street: brewery for William Blackall Simonds, 1789-1790; house for Mr Simonds fronting the brewery, 1789; additions and alterations to the original house, 1802-1803 (34)

Agreed design for additions and alterations, February 1803 (7)

(15) Copy / Lincolns Inn Fields / Feb^y1^st1803 (16) not dated (17) Copy / Lincolns Inn Fields / Feb^y1^st1803 (18) not dated (19) Copy / Lincolns Inn Fields / Feb^y11803 (20) Copy / Lincolns Inn Fields / Feb^y1^st1803 (21) Copy / Lincolns Inn Fields / Feb^y1^st1803

Soane office hand (no entry in Day Book)

(15) 2/6/25 (16) 2/6/23 (17) 2/6/24 (18) 2/6/26 (19) 2/6/27 (20) 2/6/7 (21) 2/6/6

SM (22) 2/6/16 (23) 2/6/22 (24) 2/6/17 (25) 2/6/18 (26) 2/6/21 (27) 2/6/20 (28) 2/6/9 (29) 2/6/12 (30) 2/6/10 (31) 2/6/11

Reading, Berkshire: Seven Bridges Street now Bridge Street: brewery for William Blackall Simonds, 1789-1790; house for Mr Simonds fronting the brewery, 1789; additions and alterations to the original house, 1802-1803 (34)

Working drawings for house and offices, March 1803 (10)

(22) Copy / Lincolns Inn Fields / March 7^th1803 (23) (Copy) / Lincolns Inn Fields / March 7^th1803 (24) (Copy) / Lincolns Inn Fields / March 10^th1803 (25) Copy / Lincolns Inn Fields / March 10^th1803 (26) (Copy) / Lincolns Inn Fields / March 10^th1803 (27) (Copy) / Lincolns Inn Fields / March1803 (28) Copy / Lincolns Inn Fields / March 7^th1803 (29) Copy / Lincolns Inn Fields / March 7^th1803 (30) not dated (31) Copy / Lincolns Inn Fields / March 10^th /1803

SM (22) 2/6/16 (23) 2/6/22 (24) 2/6/17 (25) 2/6/18 (26) 2/6/21 (27) 2/6/20 (28) 2/6/9 (29) 2/6/12 (30) 2/6/10 (31) 2/6/11

SM (32) 77/1/26 (33) 77/1/25 (34) 77/2/4

Reading, Berkshire: Seven Bridges Street now Bridge Street: brewery for William Blackall Simonds, 1789-1790; house for Mr Simonds fronting the brewery, 1789; additions and alterations to the original house, 1802-1803 (34)

Working drawings for the carpenter: first floor and roof of the offices, June1803 (3)

(32) not dated (33) Copy / Lincolns Inn Fields / June 15 1803 (34) Copy / Lincolns Inn Fields / June 15 1803

(32) drawn by a carpenter (33-34) Soane office hand

SM (32) 77/1/26 (33) 77/1/25 (34) 77/2/4

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