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Gamlyn's Almshouses

A Grade II Listed Building in Spalding, Lincolnshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.7862 / 52°47'10"N

Longitude: -0.1486 / 0°8'55"W

OS Eastings: 524952

OS Northings: 322562

OS Grid: TF249225

Mapcode National: GBR HX9.C78

Mapcode Global: WHHMM.P7FD

Plus Code: 9C4XQVP2+FG

Entry Name: Gamlyn's Almshouses

Listing Date: 29 December 1950

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1064003

English Heritage Legacy ID: 197258

ID on this website: 101064003

Location: Spalding, South Holland, Lincolnshire, PE11

County: Lincolnshire

District: South Holland

Electoral Ward/Division: Spalding St Mary's

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Spalding

Traditional County: Lincolnshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lincolnshire

Church of England Parish: Spalding St Mary and St Nicolas

Church of England Diocese: Lincoln

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Description


CHURCH STREET
1.
5313
(North Side)
Gamlyn's Almshouses
TF 2421 1/35 29.12.50.

II GV

2.
Foundation of 1501, rebuilt 1843-4. Gothic style, quadrangular plan, with open
side to road. 3 blocks of 2 storeys in red brick with ashlar dressings. 6 rect-
angular windows with 2 pointed lights, Gothic glazing, under dripmoulds, and
2 slits to each block. Each block has centre gable. Doors with 4-centred arches
and rectangular dripmoulds, foliated terminals. Pinnacles at street and gable
ends in centre. Cartouches in side gables and oriels in gable ends facing road,
crenellated parapets and leaded lights. Also an oriel to centre of centre block,
which projects slightly with buttressed quoins. Brick plinth. Modern roofs.
Very low garden wall to road, with 2 modern iron gates.

Gamlyn's Almshouses, Nos 3 to 8 (consec), Former Stables to No 3 and Garden Wall
to the south of No 4 form a group.


Listing NGR: TF2495222562

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