House Of Shelter

The House of Shelter is an almshouse that has been converted into a land agent's office. It was built between 1889 and 1890 by the architect John Douglas for the first Duke of Westminster. The building features stone-dressed red brick with blue diapering and has a red tile roof. It is two stories tall and has three bays, creating an almost symmetrical appearance.

Access is via a stone step leading to a framed and boarded door, which is set in a basket-arched stone-dressed opening with wrought-iron hinges. To the left of the door, there is a similarly styled opening containing a mullioned two-light leaded casement, with the arch dated 1889. Flanking this are two mullioned and transomed three-light leaded casements.

On the first floor, a stone band rises three courses above the door and central window. There are three stone-dressed cross-casements in slightly projecting stone cases, each featuring blank tracery in round arches, and these are topped with gabled half-dormers that have shaped copings and finials. The building also has a plinthed chimney with three separated barleysugar flues made of moulded brick on each end gable. The right end and the rear of the building are simply detailed. The interior has not been inspected.