Description

OLNEY WESTON ROAD SP 8851 1/107 (south side) 13.7.78 Nos 39-61 (odd) (Ann GV Hopkins-Smith Almshouses (including Front Boundary Wall and Gate)) II Dated 1819, row of twelve almshouses. Red brick with chequer pattern of black headers. Hipped slate roof with deep eaves having bracketted soffit. Brick chimney stacks. Two storeys, thirteen bays, the central three advanced under a triangular pediment containing a segmental brick arch and plaque with inscription and date. On ground floor an arch with eliptical head and tunnel vault. Ground floor has alternating pairs of doors and windows, all openings having rusticated stone flat arches with raised keystones. Each house has 6-panelled door, one sash window 4 panes wide 4 deep to ground floor, and one sash window 4 panes wide 3 deep to first floor. Original brick boundary wall to street with central gatepiers and ornamental iron gate.

Listing NGR: SP8870051149

External Links

• Wikidata Q26617127

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