Description

TL 4311 EASTWICK EASTWICK ROAD (north side ) Eastwick village

10/5 Nos 66, 68, and 70

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GV II

Almshouses,- now 3 houses. Later C19, said to be c1890, for Gilston Estate. Vigorously picturesque block of 5 former estate alms houses (now 3 houses) designed to give the appearance of a larger medieval hall house with 2 cross wings and asymmetrically placed projecting porch. Roughcast with applied timberframing to gables. Steep red tiled roofs with trefoil pierced wavy bargeboards. Bands of pointed tiling to front porch and gabled end porches. Single storey centre with 2 gabled dormers to right of porch all with bargeboards and carved finials. Tall yellow stock brick chimneys with raised strips and bands and moulded caps. 2- and 3-light wooden casement windows with small panes. Open gabled porch to door on W end. Righthand front gable carried down over former entrance in angle. A dramatic picturesque composition at the centre of a group of C19 Gothic buildings in the middle of the village. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: TL4348011785

External Links

• Wikidata Q26631458

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