Description

LINTON HILL
TQ 75 SE LINTON
(East Side)
Nos. 1-5
3/137
(Inclusive)
The Almshouses
GV II
Almshouses. Mid C19. Uncoursed ragstone with ashlar dressings. Plain
tile roof. E-plan with only slightly projecting wings. Broader central
wing comprises 2 gables. Single storey. Cusped bargeboards with moulded
finials and pendants to 4 front gables and to slight projection to centre
of right return elevation. Roof of main range carried down to rustic
posts, forming shelters between wings. Regular 6-window front of one
canted bay window to each outer wing, one 3-light leaded casement with
top lights to each central gable and 2 similar 2-light casements between
wings. 4 ribbed 4-centred arched doors, one to side of each wing, beneath
the shelters. Half-glazed door to right return elevation. Raised blank
stone shield to each outer gable and recessed rectangular panel to each
central gable. Rear return wing to right. Interior not inspected.
Almshouses founded on this site by Sir Anthony Mayne, 1611.

Listing NGR: TQ7541850184

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26542287

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