St Leonard's Bedehouses is a Grade II listed building in the Boston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 November 1999. Almshouses. 3 related planning applications.
St Leonard's Bedehouses
- WRENN ID
- high-footing-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Boston
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 November 1999
- Type
- Almshouses
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St Leonard's Bedehouses is a group of ten almshouses, originally part of St Leonard's Hospital, built in 1874. The structure is made of red brick, featuring polychromatic yellow brick and tile bands, and has a Welsh slate roof with bands of blue/grey and purple. It includes two gable stacks and four paired ridge stacks, characterized by brick ribbed sides and dog-toothed oversailing courses.
The almshouses are arranged in a central block of six, with a detached block of two at each end. They are single-storey buildings with a chamfered plinth, a sill band, a head band of tiles, and overhanging fascia and bargeboards. The central six-unit block consists of eight bays, highlighted by a central gable that contains the datestone. It features a central gabled porch with double doorways, flanked by two three-light casement windows, and another gabled porch with a double doorway and a single three-light casement. Each end block has a gabled porch with a single doorway and two three-light casements between. The porches are supported by low buttresses with chamfered offsets beside the entrances, and they have pointed brick arches and planked inner doors. The windows are designed with yellow brick reveals, painted stone sills, and flush chamfered lintels.
The almshouses were constructed to provide accommodation for ten poor men and their wives.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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