Description

SAFFRON WALDEN

TL5338
669-1/1/91

CASTLE STREET
(North side (off))
Nos 1-4 (consec) Bellingham
Buildings

GV
II

2 pairs of almshouses, now private houses, forming 2 sides of
small court. c1880. Red brick, upper part of end wings
rendered and pargetted with applied timber framing. Plain tile
roofs with cresting with scrolled finials, central ridge
stacks with splayed bases and cornices. Each pair of 2 storeys
and 2 bays with recessed, jettied wings projecting at gable
ends with lean-to porches in the angles. Boarded doors under
segmental brick arches. Ground floor has 3-light casements
under segmental arches with canted brick sills, first floor
with 2-light small paned casements under segmental arches with
canted brick sills. Single-light small pane casements to end
wings. (1) and (2) have C20 replacement timber casement
windows, and the crestwork is missing. All were built by the
Saffron Walden Almshouse Trustees who acquired the property in
1879.

Listing NGR: TL5367638695

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26500841

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Recommended Books

• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)