Wasing is an agricultural and woodland village, country estate and parish in West Berkshire, England owned almost wholly by the descendants of the Mount family, currently

Joshua Dugdale Thomas Joshua Stratford Dugdale (born 20 September 1974) is a British farmer, estate owner and documentary film-maker. Education and personal life He attended Eton College, studied economics at the University of Manchester, and law at City, Uni ...

. In local administration, its few inhabitants convene their own civil parish, but share many facilities with

Brimpton Brimpton is a mostly rural village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in West Berkshire, England. Brimpton is centred boxing the compass, ESE of the town of Newbury, Berkshire, Newbury. Toponymy One suggested origin of the name of ...

which was in its civil parish at the time of the 2011 Census.

Geography

Wasing has fields on the

Berkshire Berkshire ( ; in the 17th century sometimes spelt phonetically as Barkeshire; abbreviated Berks.) is a historic county in South East England. One of the home counties, Berkshire was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II as the Royal County of Berk ...

- Hampshire border and is approximately south-east of Newbury. Its nearest village with general amenities is Aldermaston and its nearest town is Tadley. Its western boundary is the River Enborne, which flows through the range of downs starting at the south of the parish which rises to the highest point in the south-east, Walbury Hill west.

Wasing Wood Ponds Wasing Wood Ponds is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Aldermaston in Berkshire. The ponds are special for their range of Odonata. Geography The site is a group of ponds, wet ditches and marshy areas partly in the Woods ...

is a site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).

Wasing Place

Wasing Place, Wasing Park, and the Wasing Estate, including woodland, are largely owned and managed by

, who inherited them from his mother, Lady Cecilia Dugdale. Its estate is centred on a manor house which was purchased in 1759 by the London nautical publisher,

John Mount John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...

. He built Wasing Place, completed in 1770, which became the home of his descendants the

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, William Mount,

William George Mount William George Mount DL (18 July 1824 – 14 January 1906) was a British landowner, Conservative politician, and the first Member of Parliament for the Newbury constituency. He was educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford.‘MOU ...

and Sir William Mount. The house was partially rebuilt in 1954 after a fire in 1945. The Georgian house has a 180° panorama. Wasing Park, to the north of the house, is

Grade II In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

listed. The adjacent church of St Nicholas, remaining almost a private chapel due to its isolation, is Grade I listed, with parts of the building dating to the 13th century.

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Wasing Estate
{{authority control Villages in Berkshire Civil parishes in Berkshire West Berkshire District