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Latitude: 54.2367 / 54°14'12"N
Longitude: -0.7198 / 0°43'11"W
OS Eastings: 483540
OS Northings: 483086
OS Grid: SE835830
Mapcode National: GBR RMDG.Z1
Mapcode Global: WHF9X.XRFZ
Entry Name: Lady Lumley's Almshouses
Listing Date: 10 November 1953
Last Amended: 5 February 1986
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1074192
English Heritage Legacy ID: 439927
Location: Thornton-le-Dale, Ryedale, North Yorkshire, YO18
County: North Yorkshire
District: Ryedale
Civil Parish: Thornton-le-Dale
Built-Up Area: Thornton-le-Dale
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): North Yorkshire
THORNTON DALE CHESTNUT AVENUE
SE 8383
(north side)
14/90 Lady Lumley's Almshouses
(Previously listed as
10.11.53 Almshouses).
GV II
Row of 12 almshouses. 1670; restored C19; modernised and extended C20.
Founded under the terms of a Trust Deed executed by Lady Elizabeth Lumley in
1657. Squared limestone with stone flag roof. Single-cell, lobby-entry
plan, with C20 rear extensions. Single storey, 24-bay front. Paired 4-
panel doors in plain square surrounds alternate to the left and right of 2-
light diamond lattice windows with cinquefoil heads in similar surrounds.
C19 tablet to centre recording the origins of The Charity. Moulded eaves
cornice. Seven ridge stacks. R W Jeffery, Thornton-le-Dale, 1931, p73 and
footnotes.
Listing NGR: SE8354083086
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