Description

SU 9721 PETWORTH NORTH STREET
(east side)

29/347
Somerset Hospital

22.2.55

GV II*

Built as a private residence in the early C17. Converted into almshouses in 1746.
Two storeys and attic. Five windows. Two hipped dormers. Red brick with some stone
rubble. Tiled roof. Casement windows with cement-coated brick mullions and
transoms. In the centre is a projecting porch with a round-headed brick archway
having a dripstone over it and 2 sashes above surmounted by a shaped gable. On each
side is a 2 sash bay with one window between each and the porch. Over the doorway is
a tablet recording: ""This almshouse, usually called the Upper Hospital, was founded
and endowed with divers farms and lands by Charles Duke of Somerset in 1746".
Massive chimney breast on the north wall. Long L-wing behind of lower elevation and
later date than the front.

Listing NGR: SU9770021964

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17531636

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Recommended Books

• 
  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets