Description

BROUGHTON BANBURY ROAD
SP43NW (East side)
1/229 Pair of almshouses linked by
low wall

GV II

Pair of almshouses and linking wall. Built in 1859 by Elizabeth Bradford-Wyatt
(benefactor). Regular coursed ironstone rubble. Limestone dressings to door and
window openings. Stone ridge stacks. C20 tile roofs. L-plan. Single storey plus
attic. Moulded limestone heads to doorways, chamfered jambs and plank doors.
Pairs and triplets of lancets with trefoiled heads. Gabled porches and dormers.
Inscription on right almshouse: 'These almshouses were erected by Elizabeth
Bradford-Wyatt in memory of her sister Mary Ann Scott-Wyatt. 1859'. The
almshouses were conveyed in trust for the housing of poor and aged agricultural
workers. Interiors not inspected.
(V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.IX, p.102; Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, 1974,
p.498).

Listing NGR: SP4214038444

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26540954

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)