The Herrick Homes

The Herrick Homes are almshouses built in 1856. They are constructed from slate rubble stone with stone dressings and feature a Swithland slate roof adorned with blue flashing tiles and end finials. The gables have barge boards, and there are central ridge and end stacks on the rear with clustered ashlar flues. The building is a long, symmetrical range of one storey, with a higher roof that is hipped in the center and half hipped at the ends. At each end of the central section, there are two slight doorway projections topped with hipped roofs, which display the initials M.A.H. and A.D. 1856 along with stone coats of arms above the eaves. The windows are oak mullion and transom leaded light windows, arranged as follows from the left: a 3-light window, a 1-light window, a door with the inscription 'Offer unto God thanksgiving' carved above it, a canted bay with a small gable above, another similar bay, a 1-light window, another similar door, a 1-light window, and a final 3-light window.