Description

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SK 97 SE
9/16

BURTON
MIDDLE STREET
Bede House

(Formerly listed as Monson Almshouses, LINCOLN ROAD)

GV
II
Almshouses. 1875. Rock faced limestone ashlar with ashlar dressings, plain tiled roof with decorative ridge tiles and eight paired octagonal ashlar stacks, four ridge and four wall. Single storey with cellar and plinth, nine bay front arranged 1:7:1, the end bays being advanced and having stone coped gables. The central seven bays have a loggia in front which is approached by two flights of steps and fronted by a low stone wall. Central three arched opening to through passage, above which in the roof, is a triangular headed inscribed tablet recording the foundation by William, 7th Baron Monson in 1875. The balanced facade has a central opening with to either side a three light window, a door with plain overlight, a two light window and a further two light window to the projecting wings. The windows all have chamfered mullions and transomes with plain ashlar lintels. In the left hand gable are the arms of the Monson family and in the right are three stepped lancets.

Listing NGR: SK9618774787

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26317341

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)