3 And 4, Powell Row

BITTESWELL POWELL ROW SP58NW 1323-0 3/17 Nos.3 AND 4 GV II

Pair of almshouses. 1847. Centre plaque records that 'these almshouses were built from funds left for charitable purposes by the late Wakelin Welch, Esq. of Camden Place, Bath and Elizabeth his wife, sister of the late Rev James Powell, vicar of this parish.' Brick in Flemish bond with yellow stone dressings. Decorated tile roof with crested ridge tiles. Semi-detached with rear wings. Shallow external end stacks with paired shafts; end stacks to wings. End gable walls with coping and kneelers. Symmetrical 4-window range. All window casements in stone surrounds. Side bays with 2 and 3-light windows to 1st and ground floors respectively. Centre bays under gable with coping and kneelers; 2 single-light windows connected by string course that rises to contain a shield with the date (1847) over a plaque with text as above. 4-centred arched doorways below with planked doors. Stone quoining. Rear wings with 2-light windows to ground-floor side elevation and lst-floor rear. This building forms part of an attractive set of three almost identical almshouses.

Listing NGR: SP5361085893