George Woofindin Almshouses

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SK3385NW ECCLESALL ROAD 784-1/35/275 (North West side) George Woofindin Almshouses Nos.1-18 (consec)

GV II

18 almshouses. Dated 1899. Paid for by George Woofindin. Red brick with moulded brick and ashlar dressings and plain tile roofs. Each block has 2 paired ridge stacks and 2 gable stacks, all coped. EXTERIOR: plinth and first floor band. 3 blocks set at an obtuse angle and linked by gabled archways. 2 storeys; 19 bays arranged 6: 7: 6. Windows are mainly cross casements with stone mullions and transoms. Central block has central gable with gabled central panel containing inscription and datestone. Below, central round-arched doorway with glazed double doors and label mould, and above it, a 3-light overlight with mullions. On either side, a tall 3-light window. Beyond, on each side, 3 gabled through-eaves dormers with 3-light windows. Below, a canted and hipped double bay window, 3 lights, flanked on the inner side by a round-arched doorway with hoodmould, and on the outer side by 2 similar doorways. Beyond again, a single canted bay window. At each end of the block, a round-arched doorway under a steep pitched coped gable with ball finial. Flanking blocks have each 6 through-eaves dormers with 3-light windows. Below, 2 doorways flanked by double bay windows, then double doorways, then single bay windows. INTERIOR not inspected.

Listing NGR: SK3473786333