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Latitude: 51.5878 / 51°35'15"N
Longitude: -1.4242 / 1°25'27"W
OS Eastings: 439985
OS Northings: 187812
OS Grid: SU399878
Mapcode National: GBR 6Y6.DR4
Mapcode Global: VHC12.8CF5
Plus Code: 9C3WHHQG+48
Entry Name: Eagles Close Almshouses
Listing Date: 6 December 1985
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1283687
English Heritage Legacy ID: 251252
ID on this website: 101283687
Location: Wantage, Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, OX12
County: Oxfordshire
District: Vale of White Horse
Civil Parish: Wantage
Built-Up Area: Wantage
Traditional County: Berkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Oxfordshire
Tagged with: Almshouse
WANTAGE POST OFFICE LANE
SU4087, SU3987NE (East side)
8/153, 9/153 Nos.l to 10 (consecutive),
Eagles Close Almshouses
GV II
Almshouses. Built 1867 for Town Commissioners. Flemish bond red brick with
limestone ashlar bands; old tile roof with decorative ridge tiles; brick stacks.
Row of "one-up, one-down" cottages with rear outshut. 2 storeys; 10-window
range. Pointed arches of alternating brick and stone ashlar voussoirs over plank
doors with decorative strap hinges. Similar tympanum arches over 3-light
ground-floor casements, some with H-L hinges: similar first-floor 2-light
casements. 4 offset buttresses divide each paired door. Ashlar bands beneath
first- and ground-floor window sills. Gabled roof with stone coping to parapets;
ridge stacks. Interior not inspected. Built in similar style to Nos.23 - 37 Mill
Street (q.v.) also of 1867.
Listing NGR: SU3998587812
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