Kepier Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Sunderland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1950. Almshouse. 13 related planning applications.
Kepier Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- worn-rood-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sunderland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1950
- Type
- Almshouse
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 13/03/2020
NZ34NW 7/22
HOUGHTON-LE-SPRING Houghton-le-Spring Church Street (north side) Kepier Almshouses
[Formerly listed as Davenport and Lilburne Almshouses, CHURCH STREET (north side)]
26.4.50
G.V. II
Almshouses, later three then two separate dwellings. Dated 1668, restored c.1978. Coursed squared sandstone; roof pantiled.
E-plan: one cottage flanked by two cottages. One storey, five bays. Central door under flattened Tudor arch in stop-chamfered surround with triangular-stopped label mould; either side are three-light mullioned windows with similar moulds. Returns to street have door in angle and one three-light window; gables to street have three-light window: all similar to central house. Gable peaks contain inscriptions and shields: the north commemorating George Lilburn's building of half of the hospital in 1668, the south an endowment from the Reverend William Sharp. Flat stone gable coping and one transverse ridge chimney on each return.
Listing NGR: NZ3425249831
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