The Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Chorley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1987. Almshouse.
The Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- bitter-remnant-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chorley
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1987
- Type
- Almshouse
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
CROSTON SHEVINGTON AVENUE SD 41 NE 8/87 Nos. 1.2,3 and 4 The Almshouses - - II
Almshouses. Formerly dated 1809 in pediment; altered. White painted brick on stuccoed stone base, low-pitched hipped slate roof. Rectangular plan, 4 units. Single storey, symmetrical; roof carried down to form open verandah to front and sides, supported by slender shafted iron posts, a pedimented gable in the centre (pediment formerly dated 1809 now boarded); 2 doors under this feature and one at each end, all with pointed arched panels and blank trefoil heads; 2 windows each side of the centre, all round-headed with intersecting tracery in the heads but with altered casements below. Two chimney stacks on the ridge. Rear roughcast and of less interest. Interior not inspected. History: Pediment formerly inscribed: "Erected as a tribute to George III in the 50th year of his reign".
Listing NGR: SD4846918515
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