Description

KIDLINGTON
SP4914
10/74
26/11/51

CHURCH STREET
(East side)
Nos.1-6 (consec) Morton
Almshouses
(Formerly listed as Morton
Almshouses)

GV
II

Almshouses. Built 1671, for Sir William Morton; extended and restored 1953.
Coursed limestone rubble; gabled stone slate roof; ridge stacks of rendered
stone finished in brick. 5-unit plan. One storey and attic; 5-window range. Hood
mould over C20 door set in chamfered stone architrave to left and similar
doorway with restored jambs to right. Hood moulds over 3-light chamfered
stone-mullioned windows with leaded lights, to ground floor and in gabled
dormers; similar 2-light windows over doors. Over each window are inscribed
names. Windows in right bay are C20; similar C17 mullioned windows and 1953
extension to rear. Left gable wall has heraldic cartouche over inscription with
draped surround. Interior not inspected but likely to be of interest. Sir
William Morton, of Hampden Manor (q.v.), built the almshouses in memory of his
wife Anne.
(Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: p672; R.C. Martin: A History of Church
Street, Kidlington: 1984, pp16-17)

Listing NGR: SP4976014764

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26514757

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)