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Almshouses

A Grade II Listed Building in Witney, Oxfordshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.7905 / 51°47'25"N

Longitude: -1.4794 / 1°28'45"W

OS Eastings: 436002

OS Northings: 210333

OS Grid: SP360103

Mapcode National: GBR 6VL.QST

Mapcode Global: VHC02.98R7

Plus Code: 9C3WQGRC+66

Entry Name: Almshouses

Listing Date: 6 February 1970

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1289015

English Heritage Legacy ID: 398148

ID on this website: 101289015

Location: Woodgreen, West Oxfordshire, OX28

County: Oxfordshire

District: West Oxfordshire

Civil Parish: Witney

Built-Up Area: Witney

Traditional County: Oxfordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Oxfordshire

Church of England Parish: Witney

Church of England Diocese: Oxford

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Description


WITNEY OXFORD R0A0
SP3610, SP3510SE (North side)
6/206, 9/206 Almshouses
06/02/70
- II

Almshouses, 1821. Built for William Townsend. Limestone ashlar; gabled Welsh
slate roof; moulded ashlar ridge and end stacks. 6-unit plan, Tudor style. 2
storeys; 8-window range. Label moulds over paired C20 plank doors set in
chamfered stone architraves. Label moulds over stone-mullioned segmental-headed
windows with sunk spandrels. 0utshuts to rear. Interior not inspected. Endowed
by William Townsend, Haberdasher of London and native of Witney, for the use of
aged unmarried women.
(Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p.850).


Listing NGR: SP3600210333

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