Description

SP58NW
1323-0/3/18

BITTESWELL
POWELL ROW
Nos.5 AND 6

GV
II

Pair of almshouses. 1847. One of three pairs founded by
Wakelin Welch, esq. and his wife, Elizabeth. Brick in Flemish
bond with yellow stone dressings. Decorated tile roof with
crested ridge tiles. Semi-detached with rear wings. Shallow
external end stacks with paired shafts; end stacks to wings.
End gable walls with coping and kneelers. Symmetrical 4-window
range. All windows casements in stone surrounds. Side bays
with 2 and 3-light windows to 1st and ground floors
respectively. Centre bays under gable with coping and
kneelers; 2 single-light windows connected by string course
that rises to contain central shield in recessed panel.
4-centred arched doorways below with planked doors. 2-light
windows to ground-floor side elevations and 1st-floor rear.
This building forms part of an attractive set of three almost
identical almshouses.

Listing NGR: SP5359485896

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26504217

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)