John Brabin'S Almshouses

SD 64 SW CHIPPING WINDY STREET

4/93 Nos. 29 & 33 (John Brabin's Almshouses) 13.2.67 (formerly listed as Nos 29 and 33) GV II

2 cottages, formerly 3 almshouses, late C17th, altered. Sandstone rubble with stone slate roof. 2 storeys. Facade has 3 chamfered door surrounds with triangular heads. All the windows are of 2 lights with mullion. To the right of the left-hand door is a window on each floor, the ground-floor one having a plain stone head, rebated and chamfered jambs and a chamfered mullion. The 1st floor window has a plain stone surround and square mullion. To the right of the middle door are windows with similar details. The right-hand door has a window to its left on each floor having plain stone surrounds and square mullions. The present chimneys are probably late C19th or C20th, being of rock-faced stone and on each side of the central bay. The right-hand gable has, on the 1st floor, a sandstone plaque with moulded border carved 'JOHN BRABIN 1684'.

Listing NGR: SD6233443212