Description

SP 80 NW ELLESBOROUGH CHURCH HILL

2/12 Lady Dodd's Cottages
(formerly listed as
Almshouses to South of Church)
21.6.55

GV II

Block of 4 almshouses, formerly 8. Dated 1746 on plaque, altered C20. Founded
by Lady Isabella Dodd for the maintenance of 4 old men and 4 old women.
Vitreous-brown brick with red brick dressings and vertical strips.
Rendered plinth, eaves with narrow brick dentils. Hipped old tile
roof with 3 gables to north and slates over central bay to south. 3
brick chimneys. One storey, approximately 3 x 2 bays. Irregular C20
leaded casements, C20 door to centre of N. side. S. side has
taller central bay with shallow gable containing round inscription
plaque. This bay also has paired casements with segmental heads
flanking central flush-panelled door with C19 gabled timber porch.
Interior modernised C20.

Listing NGR: SP8363406649

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26418877

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings