Population 4,063 (2011 census) Civil parish Cold Ash Area 7.9 km² Dialling code 01635 | OS grid reference SU5169 Local time Wednesday 3:15 PM | |
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Cold Ash is a village and civil parish in West Berkshire centred 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Thatcham and 2.5 miles (4 km) north east of Newbury.
Contents
- Cold ash heritage days
- Map of Cold Ash Thatcham UK
- Cold ash promo video
- History
- Geography
- Amenities
- References
Map of Cold Ash, Thatcham, UK
Cold ash promo video
History
The Church of England parish church of Saint Mark was designed by the architect C.N. Beazley and built in 1864–65. It is a brick Gothic Revival building with a polygonal apsidal chancel. The chancel windows have tracery in a late 13th-century Decorated Gothic style. The chancel windows have stained glass: the east window by Clayton and Bell and the north and south windows by C.E. Kempe.
Downe House School, a girls' boarding school, moved to Cold Ash in 1922 when it outgrew its original premises, Downe House, Charles Darwin's former home near Bromley in Kent. St Peter's, a red brick house built in about 1700, is now part of the school.
The Cloisters was built as a Roman Catholic Convent for the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary. The Catholic architect Wilfred C. Mangan of Preston, Lancashire designed the chapel, which was built in 1934–36 and has a tower. It is now part of Downe House School.
Geography
Cold Ash has a site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), called Cold Ash Quarry.
Amenities
Cold Ash has two public houses, the Castle Inn and the Spotted Dog. Cold Ash has a Women's Institute. St. Mark's Church of England Primary School has about 150-200 pupils in the 4–12 age range.
The village has a recreation ground with two tennis courts and space for football and cricket. The Acland Memorial Hall is Cold Ash's village hall.