Description

SE 10 NW WILSHAW ROAD
(Wilshaw)
4/56
The Almshouses Nos. 1 & 2

II

G.V.

One of three handed pairs of almshouses. 1871 by John Kirk of
Huddersfield, for Eleanor Hirst of Wilshaw, in memory of her daughter
Mary. Hammer dressed stone. Pitched slate roof with gable copings
and barge boards, and tall stone stack to each gable. Two storeys.
Central single storey stone porch with hipped slate roof and barge
boards. Two, open, round arched entrances. To left and right,
ground floor, is 2-light window with round arched lights with sashes,
and hood mould. Single round arched sash to 1st floor which extends
above eaves level, as dormer, with hipped slate roof. Lean-to
extensions of similar date, to each gable.

Listing NGR: SE1151309749

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26893270

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Recommended Books

• 
  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
• 
  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
• 
  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)