Listing Text

NUNNINGTON THE AVENUE
SE 664790
(east side, off)
9/45 Graham Hall Cottages
(formerly listed as The
Almhouses)
14.7.55

- II

Originally 5 almshouses; now 2 dwellings and village hall. Late C17 with
C20 alteration and extension. Coursed rubble stone with stone flag roof and
brick stacks. H-plan; left cross wing truncated. 1-½-storey, 3-bay centre
flanked by 1-storey, 2-bay ranges; 1-½-storey, 1-window gabled cross wings
project at each end. All openings altered in C20. Central board door
flanked by 2-light, small-pane casements. Similar window in gabled dormer
above. Painted timber lintels to all openings. Flanking ranges have 2-
light casements with painted timber lintels, one in left range, 2 on right.
Left cross wing: return wall has board door to right of blocked doorway with
gabled doorhood on renewed brackets. 30-pane sash with stone sill and
painted keyed wedge lintel in gable end, with owl-hole above. Right cross
wing: two 4-pane sashes with painted timber lintels in return wall. Gable
end repeats left cross-wing gable, but with 4-pane sash. Finials to all
gables. End stacks to centre and left- and right-of-centre stacks to
flanking ranges. Interior: 3-part collar trusses on corbels, similar to
those in Nunnington Hall (qv), exposed in centre portion and right flanking
range. Right cross wing, now village hall, retains plain Tudor-arched
fireplace.

Listing NGR: SE6696779334