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Stanleys Almshouses

A Grade II Listed Building in Macclesfield, Cheshire East

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.2621 / 53°15'43"N

Longitude: -2.1292 / 2°7'45"W

OS Eastings: 391475

OS Northings: 373910

OS Grid: SJ914739

Mapcode National: GBR FZKQ.TB

Mapcode Global: WHBBP.88BJ

Plus Code: 9C5V7V6C+R8

Entry Name: Stanleys Almshouses

Listing Date: 17 March 1977

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1291285

English Heritage Legacy ID: 391020

ID on this website: 101291285

Location: Macclesfield, Cheshire East, Cheshire, SK10

County: Cheshire East

Civil Parish: Macclesfield

Built-Up Area: Macclesfield

Traditional County: Cheshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire

Church of England Parish: St Michael and All Angels, Macclesfield

Church of England Diocese: Chester

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Description



MACCLESFIELD

SJ9173NW KING EDWARD STREET
886-1/9/114 (West side)
17/03/77 Stanley's Almshouses, Nos.1-12
(Consecutive)

GV II

Almshouses. 1871 and 1927, with late C20 alterations and
additions. Coursed and squared rubble with heavy slate roofs.
4 blocks forming 3 sides of a courtyard. Domestic Gothic
style. Original buildings form the E and SE part of the court,
the scheme completed with the addition of 2 further blocks in
1927, one extending the range to Cumberland Street, the other
at right angles to it. Single-storeyed originally, with
4-light mullioned windows with shaped lights in outer walls;
remodelled on courtyard side in conjunction with alterations
to internal planning. Shouldered lintels andd 2-light
mullioned windows, the stone heads re-used and re-cut. Gabled
dormers in roof added 1992. Stacks reconstructed 1992. Pointed
archway with castellated parapet links the 2 original
buildings and forms the entrance to the courtyard.


Listing NGR: SJ9166473846

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