Purril'S Almshouses

TF 34 NE BENINGTON MAIN ROAD (west side)

8/5 Purril's Almshouses (formerly listed as 19.11.51 Almshouses by Churchyard)

G.V. II

5 almshouses. C15, rebuilt 1728, altered C20. Red brick in Flemish bond, ashlar quoins and dressings, front range with concrete pantile roof and brick coped partly tumbled gables, rear range with shallow slate roof. 11 bay, single storey front range having brick dentillated eaves, with 2 C20 doors and 9 C20 glazing bar sashes, all with segmental brick heads. Beneath the eaves an ashlar plaque records the rebuilding in 1728 by the Charity of Mr. Wm Porril. The side of the rear range has 4 two light sliding sashes to ground floor and 3 similar windows to first floor, all with brick segmental heads. In the side are 2 sections of C15 ashlar frieze of blank shields and cusped tracery. The school and bedehouses were bequeathed by Mr. William Purrill in his will dated 31st July 1725. Source: Thompson, History of Boston.

Listing NGR: TF3973846566