Description

SHEFFIELD

SK38SW ABBEYDALE ROAD SOUTH
784-1/9/10 (West side)
Woodland View, Licensed Victualler's
Almshouses

GV II

Almshouses. 1879. Built for the Licensed Victuallers
Association. Coursed squared stone with ashlar dressings and
slate roof with 8 coped stone ridge stacks. Tudor Gothic
style. Plinth, quoins, bracketed wooden eaves, coped gables.
2 storeys and single storey plus attics. 15 window range.
Central chapel flanked by wings of dwellings, with large
gabled wings at either end. Chapel, topped with domed
octagonal lantern and spire, has a moulded doorway and above
it, on a sillband, a Decorated 4-light pointed arch window
with hoodmould. Wings have pairs of cross mullioned casements
flanked by paired panelled doors with overlights, and beyond,
single cross mullioned casements. The far right pair of doors
has been altered, and one door has been replaced by a window.
Above, each wing has 3 gabled dormers with cross mullioned
windows. End gables have a 3-light cross mullioned window on
each floor, linked by a traceried panel and with a hoodmould.
INTERIOR not inspected.

Listing NGR: SK3224681261

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26561301

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
• 
  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)