Description

SO 7875 SE BEWDLEY CP LOWER PARK (north side)

13/169 Nos 8 - 13 (consec)
[Sayers Almshouses]
22.4.50

GV II

Six almshouses. Founded 1625, rebuilt 1897, and restored early 1980's.
Brick with stone dressings and machine tile roof, stacks in ridge. Two
storeys with moulded stone cornice to stone coped parapet which has a
central inscribed stone tablet recording history of the foundation; 4 + 4
+ 4 windows, the central part slightly advanced: 2-light windows with 4-
centred arch to each light and a square label; ground floor: 2 + 2 + 2
similar windows, with an entrance to left- and right-hand corners, and
paired between each pair of windows (six entrances in all), each has a
stone surround with 4-centred arch and label, blind fanlights and C20
ledged and boarded doors (VCH 4, p 315 - 316).

Listing NGR: SO7880875044

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26393412

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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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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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)