Description

GEDLING MANSFIELD ROAD
SK 54 NE
Daybrook
(east side)
Nos 1 to 12
4/54 Daybrook Almshouses
G.V. II
12 almshouses. 1899. Possibly by J. L. Pearson Jnr.
Commissioned by Sir John Robinson. Rockfaced and plain ashlar
with gabled and pyramid plain tile roofs. C17 Renaissance
Revival style. Chamfered plinth, shouldered shaped coped gables.
12 side wall stacks. 2 storeys, 7 bays. Single range. Windows
are mainly cross and mullioned casements. Gabled west front has
larger projecting terminal gabled wings each with 2 blank panels.
3 storey central gatehouse with wind vane. Gatehouse has round
headed carriage opening. Flanked by 3 gabled porches, each with
a door in each side and 2 casements. Each porch is flanked by
single cross casements. Above, gatehouse has 3 casements, the
central one largest, flanked by 6 casements. Above again,
gatehouse has central datestone inscribed '1899'. Above again, 3
round headed casements, the central one largest.

Listing NGR: SK5798745105

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Sir John Robinson's Almshouses at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7528025

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Recommended Books

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)