Description

SP 72 NW MIDDLE CLAYDON MAIN STREET

4/84 Almshouses A-D (consec)

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- II

Row of 4 flats, originally 6 almshouses. Late C17, altered.
Vitreous brick in header bond, red brick window surrounds with
gauged heads. Brick plinth, moulded stone eaves cornice. Hipped
old tile roof, 4 brick stacks with minimal entablature tops. One
storey and attic, 7 irregular bays. Central gabled bay has plain
flanking brick pilasters with moulded caps and stone kneelers.
Ground floor has 6 thickly barred 3-pare sash windows. 4 gabled
dormers with C19 paired casements. Centre bay has 2 similar
casements above pair of doors in single gabled porch. 4 other
doors, all half-glazed. C19 porches with blue and white brick
patterns to gables, wavy bargeboards and fishscale tiles. End
walls chequer brick with square bay windows and dormers. Originally
near church, moved to present site mid C18.

VCH IV p.33.

Listing NGR: SP7200125759

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26576845

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)