Sulham
Sulham is a village in West Berkshire, England. The larger village of Tidmarsh is adjacent to Sulham on the west side and of Tilehurst on the east side. Governance. The two villages of Sulham and Tidmarsh share the combined civil parish council of Tidmarsh with Sulham with most local government functions covered out by the West Berkshire council. Geography. From the west, Sulham is surrounded by the civil parishes serving Tidmarsh, Pangbourne, Purley-on-Thames then the Reading settlement of Tilehurst to the east. To the south is Theale which has the local roads' junction with the M4 motorway . Sulham Wood and a similar lengthwise escarpment rises in this area from 42 metres to 105 metres. Sulham Woods, is a site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) forms one side of the village, which features include many chalk pits and open rolling fields. The place is dominated by the Sulham Hall estate in the north and is otherwise spread out along Sulham Lane which stretches between the villages of Pangbourne and Theale which is parallel to the River Pang. Landmarks. Sulham House is a Grade II listed country house. and was built about 1710. This has been the home of  the Wilder family and their descendants since 1712. They have owned or rented estates in the parish since 1497. A feature of the parish and estate is the elevated Wilder's Folly in the south, a dovecote, said to have been built in 1768 by Reverend Henry Wilder of Sulham House. The ecclesiastical parish church, built in 1836, stands next to the house. This is the main settled area of the village. Both the church and Sulham Farmhouse are Grade II* listed buildings.