Description

SCHOOL LANE
1.
783
(West Side)
Spalden's Almshouses
SK 14 NE 1/33 15.6.5l.
II GV
2.
Founded 1710 and erected shortly afterwards. Red brick and stone dressings,
- part restored. Plain stone eaves, hipped old tile roof. 2 storeys grouped
about 3 sides of a court. Plain, 2 light mullioned windows with early C19 glazing
bars throughout. Ledged doors in stone faced surrounds with pseudo- quoins and
plinth. Moulded cornice continued along 1st floor and forms hood; mutules above
the doors. Modern 1 storey, brick addition to centre rear elevation.

All the listed buildings in School Lane form a group with No 69 Church Street
and with the School Lane section of the churchyard walls to the parish church
of St Oswald.

Listing NGR: SK1769246420

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26503463

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