Description

SO 50 NE NEWLAND ALMSHOUSES ROAD (south side)

William Jones' Almshouses 8/58 Nos 1 - 10 consecutive 12.12.53 II

Almshouses, founded 1615. Roughcast on stone plinth, stone slate roof with 5 rendered ridge stacks, stone moulded eaves cornice. Single long range, 2 storeys. 2 single end doors and 4 paired doors with flat stone hoods on brackets, some partially blocked to form windows. 13 3-light leaded stone mullioned windows on first floor. Replaced 3-light timber casements on ground floor (during modernisation of 1954). Centre inscription panel with gilt lettering: "These Almhouses for eight men and eight women Parishioners of Newland and the habitation adjoining for a lecturer, were founded A.D.1615 by Mr. William Jones, Citizen and Haberdasher of London; and he appointed the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers Governors".

Listing NGR: SO5530809483

External Links

• Wikidata Q26507379

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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