Goodacre Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1955. Almshouse. 10 related planning applications.

Goodacre Cottages

WRENN ID: inner-pinnacle-plover
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Harborough
Country: England
Date first listed: 11 January 1955
Type: Almshouse
Source: Historic England listing

Description

ASHBY PARVA SP58NW MAIN STREET 1323-0 3/107 (North side) 11/01/55 Almshouses, Nos 1 to 8 Goodacre Cottages GV II

Row of eight almshouses. 1832. Erected for Sarah Bowyer, form a bequest made by Lucy Goodacre. Red brick, with C20 concrete tile roof and four square brick ridge stacks. 2 storey, 8 windows. Ground floor has an added lean-to porch to each cottage arranged 1:2:1:1:2:1, with a single light window per cottage, to the front and a glazed door per cottage, to the side. Central opening has a segment headed passage doorway with a plank door, and above a slate plaque which records their bequest. Eight 2-light casements with segment heads on each floor.

Listing NGR: SP5287688243

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