Description

TF 6837
9/1

HEACHAM,
CHURCH LANE (north)
16 - 26 (even)

(Formerly listed as Almshouses)

5/6/53

G.V. II

Almshouses. Dated 1763, but materials and details largely of 1913. Carstone plinth, squared clunch, red brick dressings and red pantiled roof. 2 storeys, U-plan with 2 returned wings and cross-wing. Nos. 18 - 24 form central range with ground-floor 2 4-light and 2 3-light casements, first floor 2 single-light, 2 2-light, 2 3-light and 2 4-light casements, all wooden framed with glazing bars. At centre 3 brick with tile keyblock arches, 2 boarded doors and central open arch, at corners 2 boarded doors. Returned wings, No. 16 and 26, with gable ends with 4 single-light casements, quoins and shaped parapet gables, brick ventilation holes in gable and paired diamond pattern stacks on apex. Returns with one ground-floor single-light and 2 2-light casements, first floor 2 single-light and 2 2-light casements. Single arched doors, boarded. Centre with 6 double shaft stacks, wings with one to ridge.
Forecourt enclosed with carstone wall.

Listing NGR: TF6821737900

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26346184

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5