Description

FOTHERBY MAIN STREET
TF 39 SW
(east side)
4/22 Nos. 1 to 6(consec.)
Allenby Almshouses
II

6 almshouses. 1869 by James Fowler of Louth. Red brick with
ashlar dressings, slate roof with decorative ridge tiles, 2 ridge
and 4 tall wall stacks. The houses are arranged so that the
entrances are paired and in a single terrace. Single storey, 12
bay front with plinth. Each pair of entrances have 2 gables and
stepped buttresses terminating in short coped piers. Doors are
half glazed and in moulded Tudor brick surrounds with blank
ashlar shields over. The entrances are flanked by single 2 light
casements having moulded brick surrounds, ashlar cills and
lintels with painted stone hoods. Between the central pair of
doors is an ashlar plaque recording the erection of the
almshouses by Everitt Allenby, Esq. in the year 1869.

Listing NGR: TF3162791630

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26493616

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Recommended Books

• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (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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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)