The Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1984. Almshouses.
The Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- outer-finial-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1984
- Type
- Almshouses
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SE 10 NW WILSHAW ROAD (Wilshaw) 4/56 The Almshouses Nos. 1 & 2 II
G.V.
One of three handed pairs of almshouses. 1871 by John Kirk of Huddersfield, for Eleanor Hirst of Wilshaw, in memory of her daughter Mary. Hammer dressed stone. Pitched slate roof with gable copings and barge boards, and tall stone stack to each gable. Two storeys. Central single storey stone porch with hipped slate roof and barge boards. Two, open, round arched entrances. To left and right, ground floor, is 2-light window with round arched lights with sashes, and hood mould. Single round arched sash to 1st floor which extends above eaves level, as dormer, with hipped slate roof. Lean-to extensions of similar date, to each gable.
Listing NGR: SE1151309749
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