Description

SHRIVENHAM

58/6/36 CLAYPITS LANE
31-OCT-83 (North side)
8, 10, 14, 18, 24

(Formerly listed as:
CLAYPITS LANE
8, 10, 11, 14, 18 AND 24)

GV II

Endowed in 1641 by Sir Henry Martin as almshouses but now entirely C19 in character
with the remodelling of the original 8 houses and the addition of 2 more to the E in
1850. Built of rubble stone with a brick attic and brick dentil cornice and a gabled
stone tiled roof with a stack at each end on the side wall, that to the W of stone,
that to the E with a brick cap. Further stone stacks with brick caps to the rear.
1 storey and attic. All the cottages have been modernized with 2 light casements to
the attic and 2 light windows under wood lintels to the ground floor. The doors to
each pair of cottages are side by side underneath a gabled and machine tiled porch and
are of plank and batten type. The 1850 cottages (No. 8) have gabled dormers with
2 light, 2 pane casements, a roughcast attic storey and a glazed porch.

Listing NGR: SU2415189113

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26300847

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)