Description

SK 21 SE PARISH OF NETHERSEAL CHURCH STREET
5/28 (South Side)
19.1.67 Nos 12-18 (odd) Richard
Johnson Almshouses
(formerly listed as
No 1-6 Richard
Johnson Almshouses')
GV II

Row of six almshouses, now four. 1699, with C20 alterations.
Red brick with brick and stone dressings, and steeply pitched
plain tile roof with moulded stone copings on plain brick
kneelers, two brick gable stacks and two brick ridge stacks,
plus a timber eaves band. Two storeys and six bays. To centre
there is a passageway through the building with a chamfered
stone doorcase and studded wooden door plus strap hinges.
Above, is a stone panel inscribed 'These houses were built and
these inhabitants are maintained by the charity of Richard
Johnson, Gent, late of this towne. Anno Domini 1699'. To
either side there are flat headed half glazed C20 plank doors
and beyond there are segment headed 2-light casement windows.
Beyond again to either side there are two small C20 windows in
blocked segment headed openings and a segment headed half glazed
plank door with 2-light segment headed window to far side.
Above there are six small 2-light casement windows.

Listing NGR: SK2882212850

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26388695

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Recommended Books

• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
• 
  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
• 
  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)