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Lady Lumley's Almshouses

A Grade II Listed Building in Thornton-le-Dale, North Yorkshire

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Coordinates

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

Plus Code: 9C6X67PJ+M3

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

ID on this website: 101074192

Location: Thornton-le-Dale, 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

Tagged with: Almshouse

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Description


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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