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Latitude: 51.7811 / 51°46'51"N
Longitude: -1.4847 / 1°29'4"W
OS Eastings: 435645
OS Northings: 209281
OS Grid: SP356092
Mapcode National: GBR 6VS.9FQ
Mapcode Global: VHC02.6HYH
Plus Code: 9C3WQGJ8+C4
Entry Name: Holloways Almshouses
Listing Date: 6 February 1970
Last Amended: 3 March 1988
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1213538
English Heritage Legacy ID: 398160
ID on this website: 101213538
Location: Witney, West Oxfordshire, OX28
County: Oxfordshire
District: West Oxfordshire
Civil Parish: Witney
Built-Up Area: Witney
Traditional County: Oxfordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Oxfordshire
Church of England Parish: Witney
Church of England Diocese: Oxford
Tagged with: Almshouse
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WITNEY
STATION ROAD (West side)
Holloways Almshouses, Nos.2 to 10 (even)
(Formerly listed as Holloways Almshouses (Nos.2-12) (even))
06/02/70
GV
II
Almshouses. Founded 1724 (plaque reset in gable end): rebuilt 1868 by William
Wilkinson. Coursed limestone rubble; stone-coped gabled Welsh slate roof; large
stone ridge and end stacks. 6-unit plan. One storey and attic; 6-window range.
C20 doors set in 3 Gothic-style pointed doorways with bracketed hoods above.
2-light stone-mullioned windows, which on first floor are set in stone-coped
gables with finials and have pointed-arched hood moulds. Hipped one-storey
service ranges to rear. Interior not inspected. Founded by John Holloway,
Clothier, d,1724, to house "aged unmarried women".
(Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p.848).
Listing NGR: SP3564509281
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