Description

SPELSBURY B4026
SP3421-3521, SP3421-3521 (West side)
16/154, 17/154 Nos.1, 2, 3 and 4 Almshouses
27/08/57 and attached front garden
walls
(Formerly listed as
Almshouses)

II

Row of 4 almshouses and garden wall. 1688 for John Cary, extended C20. Coursed
squared limestone with ashlar dressings; Stonesfield-slate roof with ashlar
ridge stacks. Single-unit rear outshut plans with small rear-extensions. One
storey plus attic. Symmetrical 4-gabled front has leaded 2-light stone-mullioned
windows at both floors, and each cottage has a chamfered stone doorway with a
ribbed oak door. Hipped roof has 3 stacks with plinths and moulded caps. Central
moulded datestone, below a straight label, is inscribed "Cary/II/1688", A re-set
stone sundial to extreme left has a scrolled hood with a cherub face and is
probably C17. Rear of row has a catslide roof and 2 single-storey stone-tiled
extensions. Interior: stop-chamfered spine beams; butt-purlin roof. Front garden
wall, approx. 1.2m high, extends from both ends of the row and encloses a narrow
area with a central gateway. The sundial is said to have come from the village
poor-house.
(Buildings of England: Oxfordshire: p775)

Listing NGR: SP3500021776

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26543377

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