Description

HARRIETSHAM EAST STREET
TQ 85 SE (north east side)

4/23 Almshouses (Nos. 1 and 2)
and Handrails and garden
20.10.52. walls attached

GV II

Almshouse row. 1770. Red brick in Flemish bond with plain tile
roof. Double depth, each range separately roofed. One storey
and cellars on plinth, with plat band above-ground floor window,
rendered coping to parapet, and coped gable ends. 2 central
cottages and 2 at either end break forward slightly. Coped
triangular pediment over central break. 12 red brick stacks
to rear of ridge. Regular fenestration of 12 recessed glazing-
bar sashes with segmental heads. Segmental -headed cellar
voussoirs just visible. 12 panelled doors, one to right of each
window except in central break, where 2 doors to centre flanked
by windows; each with flat bracketted hood, up 3 steps, with plain
iron handrail to left side. 4 Rainwater heads dated 1770. 2
Insurance plaques in pediment. Board in pediment inscribed: "These
Almshouses were founded and endowed Anno 1642 by Mark Quested Esq.,
a Native of this Place and a Member of the Worshipful Company
of Fishmongers of London...". Rebuilt 1770 at the expense of the
said Company. Interiors not inspected. Short lengths of garden
wall in Flemish bond attached to front and rear.

Listing NGR: TQ8714252418

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26480497

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)