London’s Royal Courts of Justice is one of George Edmund Street’s most recognizable works. The enormous Gothic building on the Strand, with its towers, arches, and elaborate stonework, is one of the capital city’s most recognizable landmarks. Street was one of the leading architects of Victorian Britain, but he also designed smaller projects, including a country house in the Berkshire village of Brightwalton.
Known as The Old Rectory, the house was built between 1874 and 1875, when Street was at the height of his career. His connection to Brightwalton began more than a decade earlier, when he was asked to restore the village’s All Saints Church. He later returned to design a new rectory next door, creating a house that still helps give the village its distinctly English character.
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The entrance hall features a fireplace and stained glass windows.
Nick Ingram; UK Sotheby’s International Realty
