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Latitude: 51.6674 / 51°40'2"N
Longitude: -0.6211 / 0°37'15"W
OS Eastings: 495458
OS Northings: 197408
OS Grid: SU954974
Mapcode National: GBR F67.KR6
Mapcode Global: VHFSH.6C04
Entry Name: Sir William Drake's Almshouse
Listing Date: 22 December 1958
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1222353
English Heritage Legacy ID: 414497
Location: Amersham, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire, HP7
County: Buckinghamshire
District: Chiltern
Civil Parish: Amersham
Built-Up Area: Amersham
Traditional County: Buckinghamshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Buckinghamshire
Church of England Parish: Amersham with Coleshill
Church of England Diocese: Oxford
1. AMERSHAM HIGH STREET
5134 (south side)
Nos 94 to 104 (even)
(Sir William Drake's
Almshouses)
SU 9597 SW 6/115 22.12.58
II*
2.
1657. Red brick, stone window and door dressings, old tile roof with moulded
brick cornice. Grouped round three sides of a garden court with brick wall on
fourth side. One storey, two and 3-light diamond leaded casements with stone
mullions and arched heads. Doorways with shallow arched heads. Central stone
coped gable with inscribed tablet on fluted consoles surmounted by open pediment
containing coat-of-arms in tymparium. Moulded brick floorband, three arched
openings. Side gables have dummy brick round-headed archways with impost bands
and keyblocks, surrounds of Roman Doric pilasters and entablature. A similar
archway in centre of part brick wall, leading to courtyard. Side and rear
elevations each have two large chimney stacks with tiled offsets and moulded
sailing courses. Gabled centre to rear elevation with three pointed arched
openings.
(RCHM I p 7 MON 29)
Listing NGR: SU9545597410
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