Humphrey Babington House is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1984. Almshouse. 2 related planning applications.
Humphrey Babington House
- WRENN ID
- spare-pewter-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Charnwood
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1984
- Type
- Almshouse
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SK 51 NE BARROW UPON SOAR NORTH STREET 3/21 Nos. 24-32 (Humphrey Babington House)
GV II
Alms houses, dated 1825. Founded as a women's almshouse, extending the original bequest of Humphrey Babington, founder of Theophilus Cave's almshouses. White brickwork in a thin gothick style. 2 storeys 5 bays. Central bay a projecting steeply pitched gable with polygonal chimneys on angles like turrets, central doorway, a pointed arch beneath a hoodmould, blocked and now a window. Above this a 2-light gothick arched window and over this, the inscription tablet and a coat of arms. Gable is parapetted and has decorative string course following the angle of the roof. This string course continues across the facade, as does parapet. Other bays contain 2-light windows in gothick style, with latticed panes and hoodmoulds. Corner buttresses and gable and chimney stacks. The building was altered in 1976, to change the accommodation internally.
Listing NGR: SK5770817699
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