Description

TL 1638 CLIFTON SHEFFORD ROAD
12/31

18.11.75 Nos. 10 and 12 (The Alms
Cottages) /formerly listed as
(Clifton Almshoused)/
II

Pair of almshouses. Upened 1872. Door dripmoulds have inscriptions: "Gleaner
& Sower", "Widows homes", a reference to 2 monthly magazines. The Little
Gleaner for the Young and The Sower. The editor of these, the Rev. Septimus
Sears (Minister of the Strict and Particular Baptist Chapel for 35 years from
1844), drew on the profits of the magazines to partly finance the building of
the almshouses. Colourwashed brick, pyramidal clay tile roof. Small single-
storeyed rectangular block with symmetrical facade. A large 4-light wood
mullioned window with slender transom is flanked by doors of 6 vertical panels
with pegged cover strips. Each opening has square label with inscription,
that to window reading: "A judge of the widows is God in his Holy habitation".
Central brick double ridge stack.

Listing NGR: TL1638538914

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26429935

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)